"I know what I'm doing"

Jeremiah 29:11

11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." [NIV]

11 "I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for." [The Message]

Ever since I graduated high school [a long time ago...] I had some direction from God. I knew that God wanted me to work with children and he directed me on a path towards an Education degree. After 2 years in college God threw me a curve ball. A degree change, a school change, a couple extra years of school later, and I really knew God's plan and direction for my life. Confirmation after confirmation. Open door after open door. [Granted, in the moments when I would get off course He would politely pick me up, correct me, and put me back on track.]

I would have never pictured myself in the place that I am today. All the children that God has brought into my life for me to train, educate, and minister to have been such a blessing. It was all God. I could not have planned it by myself. I would've royally messed it up. I would probably be un-happy and struggling had I tried to make my future happen without God. With that all said, what's next? I have been praying and asking God that question. "What's next?" All I know is whatever he has planned for me next is nothing close to what I can even imagine. 

Jeremiah 29:11 

"Chill out Bee, I got this. I see and hear your hopes and your dreams. I haven't forgotten about them. I got it all under control." [my personal translation.]