"No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to fall in love, has to memorize poems, has to jump off bridges into rivers, has to stand in an empty desert and whisper sonnets under his breath... We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?"

--Donald Miller

Change of Plans

Monday, May 10, 2010

"...these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things" --Donald Miller

I want to fly, but I've been grounded

I want to run, but the doctors have ordered me to walk

I want to live life on the edge, to be crazy and reckless, but I must watch my every step

I want to do so many things, but they aren't in God's plan

At least not right now

So I learn to be content with what I can do

To go on long walks with my dog, seeing the small aspects of nature instead of running past them

To sit out on games of frisbee and talk to others around me instead

To appreciate the smallest joys possible

To learn to see God in the quiet whisper instead of looking for Him in the fire, wind and storms

My adventures aren't gone, they've simply changed.

Listening to: "Beautiful Things" by Gungor
Posted by Stephanie Vergara at 9:52 PM
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