Placing Our Hope

There have been some things in the works for a little while now (I do mean "a little while") concerning us and a possibility with Chick-fil-A. (You can be praying for Ian Saturday and during next week....) I won't go into details right now, but hopefully we'll have news within the next month or so. If nothing comes of this, we're OK with that because we're still solid on our views that the Lord has a plan for us, that He will remain faithful to us, and that He's working on our behalf throughout this whole process!

Having said that, I must confess that it's not always easy to stick firm to those beliefs. While we may be "solid" in our views, doubt always creeps in. And on the flip side, it can be easy to look ahead, to plan ahead, to dream ahead... I seem to always jump ahead in this process and come up with a perfect plan. I make this elaborate plan in my head (or sometimes I will voice it to Ian) concerning our future Chick-fil-A restaurant. It's tough! You dream of something for so long, and when your dream seems to be even somewhat within your grasp, you grab hold of it and refuse to let it go!

Last night, I was planning out with Ian our upcoming vacation to Orlando with my family, and how that would fit in with us getting the store, having to move out of our current house, him going to FRL training in Atlanta following vacation, etc, etc... (Which by the way, if it all comes to be, the Lord is definitely going to have to work all that out for us! This little mind can't handle it all... hehe) Ian listened patiently to my rambles for a few minutes, and then he said, "You know Alyson, we can't place all our hope in getting this store." I had no response! I just laid there quietly, thinking on what he said for quite some time, until I realized he was right. We can't place all our hope in getting this store, or any store for that matter.

But.

We can place all our hope in our God who is sovereign above all things. We can rest in our faith that He will carry our burdens for us. We can trust that He is holding us in the palm of His hands, that our names are written on his heart, that He has numbered every hair on our heads, that as surely as he cares for the birds in the trees out behind our house, how much MORE does he care for a couple created in His image! No. We can't place all our hope in getting our own Chick-fil-A. But we can, and will, place all our hope in our Savior who has already mapped out our lives. So thankful for a God who cares for me and my family so intimately.

Did you know He cares for you just the same?