The Lord's Plan

"Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." -Proverbs 19:21

The Lord works in mysterious ways.

 A week ago, I prayed to the Lord to give me a sign to show me where my relationship was going with my long distance boyfriend.

I didn't pray to keep us together, nor did I pray to break us up.

I prayed that the Lord would do what is best for me, and for us.

I prayed for three nights straight for the Lord to help me out.

Saturday evening, I began redoing my room.

I had ordered some bedding the week before to make my room feel a little more grown up.

I had the bright lime green walls, with a pink stripe, and black polka dots. {very childish, but cute}

It was time for a change.

Little did I know, this was the Lord's answer to my prayer.

Keep reading and I will explain...

Since my 8th grade year or freshman year of high school, my mother and I have always redone my room with every break up.

After I went to college, we stopped redoing my room.

Mainly for two reasons.

One, I wasn't home enough anymore to really care what my room looked like.

And two, I had been with Taylor throughout my college years.

I started painting my room on Saturday evening. 

I had to prime the walls, due to such vibrant paint before, so this took an extra step.

Saturday evening, my boyfriend and I began having problems.

I won't get into how the whole thing went down, nor will I bash him in any way.

So, we'll just leave it as "problems".

The weekend passed and work began on Monday.

Thank God for an off day on Tuesday, because that's when this whole thing went down.

My boyfriend ended our relationship Tuesday morning.

We both cried.

Almost three years together is a long time.

After we hung up the phone, I burst into tears. 

No, I won't lie, I was upset. {who wouldn't be?}

 Five minutes passed and I dried up the tears and began the "deleting process".

I do believe this was the hardest part of all.

Going back through all of your pictures together, reminiscing on all the memories of when you were so happy together, and having to hit that delete button to where they can never come back.

It's very depressing, but it needed to be done.

I wanted a clean break.

My dad came home from lunch, walked into my room, and immediately asked me what was he wrong.

Dad's are always clueless when it comes to relationships.

I just told him the basics, that the relationship was over.

He told me how much he loved me.

And then he commented on my room.

"I really love your new bedding. And the wall color is perfect. You did a good job sis."

I then had the "aha" moment.

The Lord already answered my prayer and I didn't even realize it.

I don't see this as being a coincidence at all.

I know this is the Lord working through me.

It's amazing how awesome the Lord truly is.

Sometimes we have to forget what we want and listen to what the Lord is telling us.

"For 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

Until next time...