GOD BLOCKED IT

As I sit here writing this post for you all, I’m reminded of all the times I continued to chase after what the Lord was blocking me from. Looking back now, I have to laugh because the things I was chasing after then, I ABSOLUTELY don’t want them now, and had I just trusted in what God was doing I wouldn’t have wasted so much time.

When things don’t work out the way we planned, or that significant other leaves, we didn't get the promotion, we didn’t finish school in time, we got rejected, so on and so forth, for some strange reason, we tend to go after those same things even harder. A lot of it is because we set goals for ourselves and we are adamant about achieving them, we like to prove to others and ourselves that we are the better fit for whatever and whomever, along with that, as humans we want what we want. But over the years I’ve grown to learn and understand that the Lord was protecting me from what I could not see.

Instead of fighting so hard to hold on to those things, had I just released them, I would’ve come to see that what I really wanted would eventually hurt me later on down the line. What we all have to understand is that the very thing you are holding on tightly to is the very thing causing you pain, and once you let it go the tension leaves. I say all that to say, God, knows all and sees all. I've never left a situation that lead me to another situation that was similar. Everything that was blocked from me, worked out for my good and it will for you too.

Let me give you some insight, every job that turned me away had underlying issues that I didn’t find out until after I was hired somewhere else, when I was fired without explanation from some jobs I didn’t know that the environment was really stunting my growth, when friends would leave I didn’t know or hear about the conversations that were had behind my back, when dating went completely left lol I didn’t see how those people would leave a mark on me and not in a good way, or not finishing school in my timing but not seeing how God was going shake the table so I could fully understand and see what He can do in the blink of an eye, I’ll take it a step further and say when I was rushing on the highway trying to get somewhere and hit traffic not knowing that up ahead there was a bad accident and had I been a minute off that wouldv’ve been me.

We may not understand everything that happens in our lives, but one thing I can firmly say is, what God wants for me is far better than what I want for myself.

So if you are struggling right now because things did not go as planned and you feel discouraged, trust that God has you, and thank him for protecting you from the things you couldn’t see.

Until next time, yall be blessed!