Do you have trouble making decisions? This will help.

“The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?” (Proverbs 20:21 NLT)

“No two children are alike,” the adage says. My second child let me know early on that parenting her would be a completely different experience. I had to let go of the ideals I held about being a good mom. For instance, as a toddler, she would roam around and not obey my command, “Now, stand here for just a moment.” This could happen by the car in the parking lot, during a visit to the zoo, or at church in the large quad. I would turn my attention for just a second, and she was gone. I knew what I had to do, purchase a lead for my child. Yes, I needed to become a lead-carrying mom to preserve the life of my child. Pride and embarrassment had to go out the window. That was just a warm-up for things to come. A decade later, she walks around with blue, pink, and perhaps soon, red hair. Thankfully, I learned to ignore any gawking when we were in the lead stage, and she gets some lovely compliments on her hair.

God created us individually and will also guide our lives uniquely, within His perfect boundaries. I could not make sense of why a lead for a child was a good idea until I realized it was going to save her life.

When God leads us in a small detail for our day or in a major shift in life, we need not take stalk of what others think or might say. More importantly, we need to put aside any pre-decided ideas and go with God’s plan. Fear and worry will try to surface as we try something new and unknown. But God sees the end of the situation before we have taken the first step into it.

My youngest has taught me to not care what others think. When moments of doubt come, stand firm, knowing God designed me and approves of me.  

His word tells us that we can hear His direction for us. We can stand confident in knowing that He is leading us.

God, thank you for Your guidance and direction for every detail today.

Your Turn 🙂

What has been a turning point where you listened to God and not gone on with your own plans?

Bursting at the seams to tell you!

My submission to EGT Times has been accepted! I am so grateful and humbled that they have agreed to print my article in their bi-monthly magazine. It should be online and in print by the end of October. If you want to see what they are about, click here -> Elohim Gospel Ministries

Until next week, keep Walking on Mustard Seeds,

Michele Marie Weisman

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Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.