PREDESTINED

Predestine – To decide in advance what is going to happen.

Ephesians 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predesignated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.

The word predestined tells me nothing has happened in my life was by chance. I now understand from birth God had a plan for me. Those things I believed were just chances were supposed to take place. I often wondered why I am a loner. Why do words intrigue me? How is it I’m able to discern things that seem hidden to others? Why does truth seem so essential in everything I do? Why does equality matter so much to me? And most of all why was it necessary for me to live temporarily with my grandparents in the country from the age of 8 until 12 years of age? It was in the country where I was introduced to the Word of God. Not realizing that one day it would impact my life in ways I would never have believed. Our grandparents were very religious and strict concerning following the principles of the bible. When I turned 13 years of age my mother brought us to California and was I happiest girl in the world. I determined by age 15 all I wanted was freedom to do whatever entered my mind.

And so I chose paths that weren’t connected to church or God. And yet God had a plan for me and he does for others too. The paths I chose brought some pitfalls that made me rethink some of my choices. It was through marital issues, family problems, examination of me that I reflected on my personal life. Each path I chose I now see was the Lord’s way of drawing me closer to him and his ways. He needed for me to leave my mother for a period of time. He allowed me to make crazy choices.

Yet those choices led me to him. Thank God for his abiding love. While living with my grandparents a pastor came to visit his name was Bishop White. My grandmother introduced us to him and he said to me you’re going to be a missionary. I was too young to understand what he meant by that but it certainly didn’t seem like something I wanted to be. Wonder of wonders it’s exactly what I am today. God knows our beginning and our ending. God has a plan!!!