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God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways

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by Sandy Kirby Quandt

God’s ways are not our ways. His thoughts are not our thoughts. Those words from the book of Isaiah are often spoken to explain why our plans are delayed, or why what we thought would happen doesn’t. Perhaps you’ve said them yourself? I know I have.

We make plans expecting them to come out the way we intend; only they don’t.

That dream job doesn’t materialize. The great boss and co-workers don’t show up. Or we lose our job and struggle to start all over again.

We expect the child we carry to be perfect, but she is born with a disability instead. Or maybe he rebels, shuts us out of his life, or becomes involved in destructive behaviors that lead to an early death. Our own bodies become frail and turn against us and we can no longer function as we once did.

Natural disasters take away our homes or our livelihood. Our investments don’t pan out. Those dreams we’ve held onto for so long evaporate.

The people closest to us abandon us at our point of deepest need, and we wonder what happened to all our grand plans.

It doesn’t surprise God when life doesn’t turn out the way we thought it would because God’s ways are not our ways, and his thoughts are not our thoughts.

Oftentimes when we look back on our life, we find God’s ways and thoughts were much better than ours.

I know in my life I’ve planned, wished and hoped for things that didn’t come to pass, and looking back, I can honestly say, “Thank you, Jesus” they didn’t.

Of course, while going through those times, I didn’t feel that way. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, is it not?

Are there any incidences in your life where you wished for one thing and were grateful it didn’t happen?

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Look for the Lord while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near. Let the sinful turn from his way, and the one who does not know God turn from his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and He will have loving-pity on him. Let him turn to our God, for He will for sure forgive all his sins. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, and My ways are not your ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:6-9 (NLV)

I wish you well.

Sandy

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Sunday Scriptures — Unexpected Answers

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By Sandy Kirby Quandt

The last time I filled the hummingbird feeder, I grumped. Ants crawled all over the feeder, inside and out. The ants didn’t seem to bother the hummingbirds, but they sure bothered me.

As I’ve said before, a lot of things annoy me. This being one of those things. 😉

Why did those ants have to mess up MY feeder?

After I rinsed out the feeder and blasted those ants with the jet setting of the hose nozzle, I put in a fresh batch of sugar water and went back inside.

Later that day, I looked out the window and noticed a green lizard lying along the ledge of the hummingbird feeder.

Of all the places that lizard could sleep, it chose the feeder!

As I began to resent the lizard’s existence, it only took mere seconds before it hit me. Of course! Thank you, Jesus.

Jesus heard me grump over the ants at the feeder and sent a solution…the lizard. He solved the problem of the ants and fed the lizard at the same time.

Yea, God.

Who says God isn’t interested in the little things of our lives? If ants aren’t one of those little things, I don’t know what is.

Like Girlfriend says, “It’s all small to God.” Amen?

How many times do we go before God with a problem…and hand him the solution to said problem at the same time? We have our own idea as to how God should solve our dilemma. Our own agenda and time frame.

But when we let go of our problem, and allow God to handle it as only he can, we see his ways and thoughts are not like ours. They are much, much better.

The next time ants overtake our hummingbird feeder, whatever those ants and that feeder may be, let’s remember God’s ways are not our ways. And thank him for that fact.

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For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. Isaiah 55:8 (AMP)

I wish you well.

Sandy

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