If you're in the middle of waiting for your dreams to come true....

I know what it's like to have huge dreams, to work my tail off to bring them to pass and then to have it all fade to black just when I thought it was all coming together. 

I know what disappointment is.  Think about that word and break it in half like this -- 'dis' 'appointment' as if God has DISSED the appointment you were sure that He had promised to you.  If you've ever been disappointed with God or felt like He was 'dis-appointing' you then you've been forced to do something internally about that.  You've most likely 'quit believing in God' (even though you may still show up at church for political correctness) or you've wondered what you've done wrong to cause God to be so mad that He'd let you down.  Or, you learn to trust Him in the midst of a story that you wish wasn't being written. What we must all learn is that 'control' is an illusion that we're never really in 'control' of the stuff that matters most in life.  It's when we realize that only God is in control and we willingly let Him write His-story through our lives that we find the peace, joy, contentment and power that Christ brings to those who surrender the pen to Him. 

Two books that I've read recently will help you learn to give the pen up faster and enjoy the story that God is writing more...even when He's writing painful chapters that cause us to suffer, to wait, and to long for a happy ending.

Here they are:

Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson and Plan B by Pete Wilson

 Both of these will build your faith in God and restore you to place of peace while you live through 'Plan B's that we all face.

No easy path, no formulas.  Just learning to abide, to trust, to wait, to surrender faster, to hand over the pen to the Author of all life.

Have a great day,
Jeff



Jeff Fuson -Point Leader of Phos Church near Louisville Kentucky -Leadership Keynote Speaker -Husband / Daddy -Missional Church Planter