It took me a while to get to the point with the Lord that I thought His foster care idea was a good one. Now that we are in the midst of it, I absolutely agree with Him. A few months ago, I got Priscilla Shirer's Bible Study on Jonah. I started it immediately, but stupid excuses kept me from continuing. Basically, me and discipline do not get along! So, I got it out again today, and even though I'm still on the first session, I really have loved it! It's about the divine interruptions that the Lord places in your life, and how they will change you for the better, if you let them. I loved one of the paragraphs today. It was about letting your feelings towards something the Lord is calling you to do persuade you to disobedience.... Priscilla says it much better!!!
"God's plans for us are so overwhelmingly beyond anything that we could ever imagine that our feelings or ability to reason His directives cannot be the determining factor for choosing obedience. Making sense of what God has asked or feeling compelled to cooperate cannot be the prerequisite for choosing obedience. His Word must be enough." Priscilla Shirer
This hit me hard! What if I had let my feelings toward foster care keep me from obeying? What if I let others opinions persuade me??? I can't even imagine all that I would've missed out on! I'm so thankful the Lord didn't give up on me, since it did take a while for us to say "yes" to His calling!
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