When I was first married, my husband and I were determined to get fit together. We would either walk or ride to the next town from us, and loop back to our neighborhood.
It was on one of those walks, I passed by a school yard that had a beautiful playground that looked well maintained. While it was only one town from where we lived, it was almost a world a part. The schools where I lived were rated a 4/10, the school I was passing was probably an 8 or 9/10. How I wish my future kids could go to this better school in the better neighborhood. But alas, if you don’t live in that town, your kids can’t go there.
Fast forward to the time when I actually did have a child that was nearing school age, and divorced. I was still in the 4/10 neighborhood schools. I started planning which school she would attend – the planner in me started planning about 2 years before she was to start kindergarten. Within a matter of months, God opened some doors that I’m still wondering how. I was in no position to move, but God told me to start looking.
I moved into a house that had sat on the market for a year, waiting for me to step out in faith. God had a plan, I just had to learn to follow – even when it didn’t make sense financially.
I told my daughter the story of how I wished she could have gone to that school whenever I pass it. But as she calls the name out every single time, the thought comes to mind what the only issue I had with it – it is in a very public area and one where everyone would see the kids playing in the play ground.
Instead, God moved me within the same area to a school that is tucked away. Without me realizing it at the time, God gave me the desires of my heart, and even better than I could have imagined. I love our home and our school.
Heavenly Father, you promised that when we delight in you that you will give us the desires of our hearts. Father, help us to delight in you, but also to trust your promises. Lord, I know that had I not moved upon your instructions, even though they made no sense to my feeble mind, I would not be where I am today. So Lord, I also ask that you will grant us an obedient spirit when you tell us to do something – even if it makes no sense.