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Sweet Tea & Manna

 A Blog by Kayla Ferris

God's Plan for You

  • Writer: Kayla Ferris
    Kayla Ferris
  • Mar 30, 2018
  • 2 min read

I was out taking a walk one warm evening several years ago. My heart felt so heavy. I was praying, begging, God to show me “His Will” for my life. That ultimate, seemingly elusive plan that He had for me. “What big thing can I do for you, Lord?! Just show me! I’m ready! I’ll say YES! Please show me Your will.….” And what followed was silence.

I know there have been people who have prayed such a prayer and God has answered in big ways. But that isn’t my story.

My story is about quiet and growing slowly in the dark places. Like a seed in the earth.

Isn’t that exciting?! Ha!

But I think that was part of the problem. I wanted exciting!! I was told God had “big plans for me” and I translated that into “there is one big exciting awesome plan that God specifically designed you for and it is your job to go find that one big plan (DON’T MISS IT!! Your life will be a waste if you do!!) and execute that plan and when you do, your life will be exciting and fulfilled.”

But y’all. Being a stay-at-home-mom to four daughters out on the farm was not exactly everyday “exciting.” It was hard…and exhausting. And changing diapers and cleaning up Cheerios and drowning in mountains of laundry sure didn’t feel like kingdom work. I wasn’t going to bed every night thinking how fulfilling my work that day had been.

Pinterest in Hilarious!

(Oh, Pinterest, you are hilarious!) So I prayed that God would show me “His Will”…His Big Plan…why He created me! And the answer was quiet.

Because it turns out, He didn’t create me to DO. What He wanted for my life was for me to BE with Him. Simple, quiet growing. Instead of giving me tasks, God gave me love. He tore down some areas in my life that were built on sand. And He rebuilt on the solid Rock. He walked me through storms. He chiseled away at my heart. He opened my eyes and closed His arms in embrace. He taught me His heart. And then slowly, ever so slowly, that love has started to overflow into what I do.

Bob Goff has a new book releasing this April titled Everybody, Always. He recently posted this quote from the book:

Bob Goff

I love that. It’s so simple. We aren’t going to miss THE plan for our lives. HE is the plan!! He is our fulfillment. Perhaps, like me, you need to hear it too. God has a plan for your life, and I know what it is. Love Him. Seek Him. Walk close to Him. Let Him work in the quiet, dark places. Trust Him. He will guide your steps. And then let that Love overflow on everyone around you. If we are doing that, we are doing alright.


 
 
 

3 Comments


Aaron Burgos
Aaron Burgos
May 09, 2024

naw bro you can’t here cuz you deaf and you can’t see cuz you blind. Those are facts! You put your hope in your dying body. You eat this but not that and drink this but not that and lift this and that, so much time and energy and for what? Your a bigger DONKEY than before. You can’t hear cuz you only listen for the lies you have to tell yourself just to feel good about yourself.

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petesork
Sep 16, 2020

Just me ! Disillusion!! Long - looking for purpose only to be answered by silence !


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robyn_2458
Apr 14, 2020

Wow!

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Kayla

Kayla Ferris is a member of the Proverbs 31 First5 writing team, and the author of eight First5 study guides (and counting!) She is a wife to her favorite farmer in the world, Gabe, and the mother of their four daughters. When she isn’t writing, reading, chauffeuring the kids, or watching crops grow, you might find her teaching a drama class at the kids’ school, laughing at funny internet videos, or ordering a Matcha Frappuccino. You can connect with Kayla on Instagram or Facebook, where she loves to share what she has been learning from God’s Word.

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