I came across this blog several weeks ago and absolutely loved it. So I wanted to pass it along to anyone reading who might hopefully find comfort in it as I did.
The blog is by Pastor Greg Laurie……he is the pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in our home state of CA, and his blog link is posted under my "Faith Blogs" section on the bottom right of my blog page if anyone is interested in checking out some of his other blog posts.
In the blog he references some memories of his son Christopher as a kid. Christopher actually passed away almost 2 years ago in a car accident - you can read more about that here.
While it is sad to hear a parent reflect on happy memories of a child who is now passed, what he teaches in this blog is actually very encouraging. It isn't anything new, but it is such a good reminder and I love the analogy that Pastor Greg makes between himself as a dad and God as our Father.
Enjoy and be encouraged!! God is always good.
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“You choose, Dad!”
June 4th, 2010 By: Greg Laurie
I have often told about a time I took my son Christopher shopping for Star Wars figures in the late ’70s. I had told him to pick out one he wanted. He thought about it a long time, and finally decided on one of the small figurines from the bottom shelf, which as I recall, was the Han Solo one. Meanwhile, I had been looking three shelves up at Solo’s spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon. I said, “Well, why don’t we get this to go with your new figure?” His little eyes lit up. “Dad! Thank you!” And he gave me a big hug.
We would come home from the toy store with some big new prize like this, and sometimes my wife would roll her eyes, because we really couldn’t afford it. But then Topher and I would run upstairs to his room, plop on the floor, open up the toys, and play with them together. Looking back now, I don’t regret any of it. Nor does my wife. After a while, Christopher learned that when we were in a toy store and I asked him what he wanted, his best bet was to say, “You choose, Dad!” And I would always get him something better than he would have chosen for himself.
I have often used that as an illustration to point out that we should let God choose for us and never be afraid to commit an unknown future to a known God. God’s plans for you will always be better than your plans for yourself.
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Jeremiah 29:11 - "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." (More on this passage here).
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