When they don’t play nice

God has done a miraculous work. There. I wrote it. I have been pain free for days. You’ve read all about it.

But what happens when things don’t go as planned? What happens when God doesn’t work in ways you expect?

That happened yesterday.

I received the phone call I wasn’t expecting.

My unnamed job isn’t playing nice.

I’ll refrain from the details for there’s a lot to work out, which may or may not include a fight I wasn’t expecting.

Money I was expecting that won’t show up.

You get the drift.

What happens then?

I cried. I said some words. I made a phone call to a friend who talked me off the ledge. I prayed. A lot.

With new mornings, really do come new mercies. A new perspective.

What if, the disappointment is a gift?

What if God wants to provide in other ways?

What if God wants to stretch my faith?

And so today I recalled all the ways God has shown himself faithful in just the last 4 weeks.

Friends who show up and bring meals.

Friends who climb ladders to a loft to help clean and discard.

Friends who just come and sit.

Just this week, a friend who made me a delicious lunch

And another friend texting today that she was bringing dinner tonight.

Unexpected blessings of provisions.

When others don’t play nice. When things don’t go as I might hope or as expected, I trust that God has other plans. I do today what God is asking me to do today and I will do the same tomorrow.

A wise friend once said, “All I have to do today is follow Jesus.”

In the meantime will you pray with me for God’s provisions?