“I’m an empty page. I’m an open book. Write your story on my heart. Come on and make your mark,” sings Francesca Battistelli in her song “Write Your Story.”
I have felt like an empty page before. I felt stuck as I wait for the next big thing to happen in my life.
After my fiance and I broke up and I got into a car accident, I questioned if God was still working in my life and if my dreams even mattered to Him. It was hard to accept the fact that the breakup and the accident were part of God’s greater plan for my life. I don’t know why God allowed it to happen that way ,but maybe I needed to learn a valuable lesson.
I feel the pressure to have my whole life figured out by the time I leave college. I am currently trying to apply for a program I want to get into after I graduate in May. I have no idea where I am going to end up, which scares me. I like knowing the next step I am going to take in my life, and I especially like to write my story the way I want it.
However, for the past few months, I have been allowing God to write my story. I have given Him total control over my life, and I am at peace that His plan for my life post-graduation will be better than I expect. Being at peace with God has given me true joy and satisfaction.
I love the verse found in Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.” This verse gives me assurance that as long as I seek God’s plans for me, then He will do amazing things that I never thought He would do.
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