The road less traveled

I went out riding with a friend today. Because of the wind we decided we would try the Mineral wells State park rails to trails. The wind was semi-blocked or so we thought, until we started heading back in. The wind caught up with us and cut our speed in half. We got separated fairly quickly due to the fact I was on my road bike and he was on a hybrid, but I digress because this is not why I am writing. Once we got separated, it gave me time to think about things I have been pondering for a while. (More or less angry and hurt at God about) You see I have been in a state of just not understanding God's ways. (who really ever understands his ways) Most of the time I just roll with it. I understand that God's ways are higher than ours, but I have had a harder time lately keeping that in mind as I have gone through life.

So back to the trail. I came up to this section in the trail you see above and was the reminded of the the poem "The Road Not traveled." I don't remember alot of the poem, but I do remember the picture it brought to my mind, which is the one you see. I was thinking about what is my road not travelled? What is your road not traveled? What does it look like in your life? The road less traveled represents maybe the road God has always had for us, but only if we trust Him. The road, I believe has not been dishevelled, because I have not been trusting enough to see the road God has for me. Maybe glimpses of it, when I have trusted Him, but then I just get back on the main road because I believe the lies satan is telling me. When I was on my way to run yesterday morning, God brought me the verse of Jeremiah 29:11-13:

For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

I know God has plans for me, but many times I want to take them into my own hands because they are not happening on my time. God never promised my time though, He promised in his time. "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23. I know these things that I desire in my life are there for a reason. I heard in a sermon today "Stop trying and start trusting." I have lately come in a state of territory that is unfamiliar, and I'm more than sure that is because I haven't been in the Word lately. I have been trying to do life, instead of trusting God for life. I don't know why, God has been SOO GOOD with his ministry in the running club. I pray that we as coaches would continue to follow Christ and seek good conversations with our students that we could change the legacy and life of these students. I trust God that He is the center of other things in my life so why not the big things? Oh how crazy this life can be. SO on the road I traveled today I got some time alone with God. On the way there, there was a sign at some shop that said "God is in control." I've been told several times lately you've just got to trust God is doing what He needs to do and He will come through, so tonight I am praying that I will stop trying and start trusting