Nothing Is Wasted

Nothing is wasted.

That's a powerful phrase, but those words are so true. This morning mom and I were talking . . . about different years in my past, events in the past, and even years to come. As we talked, I told her, in some ways, I really wouldn't want to change some events and things I've faced in my past. Yet, in other ways, it would be nice if was all *good* and *happy* and *peachy* (which really there were a lot of those happy times too! :-}). But let's face it, we're all going to face hurt, pain, regrets, decisions, questions, fears, and everything in between. Are those times wasted? Absolutely not!

Nothing is wasted. That's what mom told me. And those words hit me. Hard. It's true.

Sure, there may be things in your past you don't like, you wish you could change, or you wish could have happened some other way. But those are not wasted years, or happenings. I know I've definitely grown in amazing ways from different experiences in my past. 

In church yesterday morning the speaker said, "Its okay to be wondering what you are going to do in life. In God's sovereignty, even the delays and waiting are part of His purpose and plan." Wow. I needed those words. Recently I've been struggling with, "what next?"

Always before school was my future. But now school is history, where do I go now? I've been weighing decisions with my work, with possibilities of IGO or Bible school somewhere, or volunteer opportunities? Where does God want me? I've been wondering. I do want to be in the centre of His will!

But you know, I am, right here, right now . . . I may be in that "delay" -- but even THAT is part of God's plan! And where I am, I want to be ALL there . . . None of these months I've had of waiting and full of questions and wondering "what next" are wasted!

And so I am encouraged by those words, nothing is wasted! -- and I believe them, with all my heart . . . God has a plan -- in absolutely everything -- every single breath that you take -- every moment you are alive -- He has a plan!

"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." -- Jeremiah 29:11.