God's Not Done Yet!

I've been going through my writings and have felt the stirring to begin writing again, but.nothing has come to me. At least not in the usual way. Normally, I'll have a thought and it will roll around in my head until a thesis is well formed. Once that has been thoroughly developed the arguments or reasoning to back up my statements will come. Once the idea has been thoroughly argued and the thought has been firmly cemented I will sit down to write and it will just flow. As it flows it will change and grow, but the original idea has primarily stayed in tact.

But not this time...

This time it's 4:54 in the morning, I'm sitting in the dark on my couch, the only light coming from my computer screen, and my cat is randomly jumping up to attack my hands as I type.

So what is it I want to say...

God's not done yet!

Almost 3 months ago I got married. It has been amazing. I'd be lying to tell you that everything has been perfect and I'm always walking on cloud nine. But I knew that. I walked in to marriage with my eyes wide open. I knew we'd disagree. I knew we'd have our spats. And so I don't feel like I was surprised by them when they happened. But I don't want to talk with you about my marriage. At least not today.

What I want to share with you is that marriage isn't a destination, it's another spot on the journey. Instead of my walking the path God has for me alone, I'm now walking it with another person. But God isn't done yet!

If marriage was the destination, then I could sit back with a sigh and say, "Ahh,,, I've arrived." If that were the case I wouldn't feel this stirring. This desire for more. Not that my marriage isn't satisfying because it is on so many levels I didn't even know about. I'm talking about that God restlessness... The kind that comes from knowing you have a job to do. Knowing that God is calling you to something more but not being sure how to get there.

For a few years I was content. I was working in ministry and I was exactly in the place that I knew God wanted me to be. Last year I began to realize that my time there was coming to an end. At first I fought it and thought there must be something wrong with me for feeling this way because I'm right where God wants me to be.

And then God began bringing me new work to do, and my excitement for ministry grew in a new way. One I'd never have thought of. God was showing me that even though I was done in one area didn't mean He was done with me yet.

So as I began this new journey while still wrapping up the old, I found the one my soul loves. God brought me my husband. And we began a new journey together. We dreamed and we talked both about the wedding and the future. We planned a most beautiful day. But that's all it was just one day. It was perfect even the little hitch of the cake falling on it's transport to the reception hall was not a big deal at all. I was marrying the man God had just for me.

But God's not done yet!

And so as I sit contemplating the next phase of our journey, there's only one thing I'm sure of...

There's still more work to do. God still has a plan for our lives and He has a job that He wants us to accomplish. I'm not exactly sure what that is or how we will get there. As a planner this bugs me a little. You think I would learn after all these years of trying to "help" God. But I sometimes (a lot) fall back in to that habit of "helping" God accomplish His plans. Which generally involves me messing them up and having to repent and go back and wait on God anyway, but I digress.

God's not done. Marriage, as wonderful as it is, is not a destination. It's a pit stop. A pit stop where you pick up an extra passenger on the journey where God is the driver. And so as I feel the car being started and the momentum starting to build, so does my excitement.

A life in pursuit of marriage, career, children, money... is meaningless. Solomon calls it vanity.

But a life in pursuit of God is fulfilling and full of wonder. And so as of right now I'm not sure of where the next portion of our journey will take us, I am sure of who is leading us. I know God has a plan and that He's not done yet.

So be encouraged, if you're resting at one of the God ordained pit stops or travelling down the highway at top speed or maybe you're on the back country road with many twists and turns you didn't see coming or wherever you are on your journey. Be encouraged because God's not done yet! He still has a plan. He's still in control.

Remember, nothing we come to here in this life is the destination. Our destination is, "Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord." (Matthew 25:21).

Heaven is our destination. Don't lose sight of that while travelling on your journey.

God's not done yet!