[Tuesday's Devotional] - Play Your Cards Right

Last time I wrote these devotionals in April I shared how I was attending an interview for the 'perfect job' and how, if I didn't get it, I would need to hang on to that mustard seed of faith that God had something better.

Many friends already know I did not get the job, and of course I was disappointed.  Funnily enough though, I did not feel a failure as I have in days gone by, I truly accepted if it had been God's will I would have succeeded.  However, the thought of going back to my current job plunged me into a state of real depression.  The one thing that lifted my spirits was knowing I was about to watch my son run the London Marathon and on his Facebook page, just prior to the event, he commented: "It's not the cards you're dealt in life; it's how you play them".  My son has lived with a fatal disease since birth (diagnosed not to exceed teenage years), yet I have seldom seen him miserable or resentful, he is always full of life, humour and fun.  As I watched his inspirational run the Lord began to put things into perspective for me.

God has a plan for us all and we have a choice how we run our race, how we play the hand dealt to us. 

I sat watching the birds down by the riverside, along the banks of the Thames there are hundreds of parakeets, I see them as promises, amazing, colourful, adventurous promises - birds like that don't fly wild in the Midlands! yet locals here see them as pests because there are so many.  It is interesting that when people look at these birds, some see pests, some see promises. 

When a door closes do you see it as rejection or a re-direction? 

"Come away with Me, Come away with Me
It's never too late, it's not too late
It's not too late for you
I have a plan for you
I have a plan for you
It's gonna be wild
It's gonna be great
It's gonna be full of Me
Open up your heart and let Me in"

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Dawn Milward