My Thoughts Versus God’s

For my thoughts are not your thoughts….

Isaiah 55:8

As I watched my granddaughters swirling to the music, my heart warmed to a realization—they lived, breathed, and danced as a direct result of my union with the narcissist.

Considering the joy of these young lives alongside the soul-numbing damage of narcissism, I realized something significant—I would not choose to undo the past if it meant giving up these precious lives. God created something beautiful out of something dreadful—a miracle only God can perform.

I experienced this same warm feeling previously when a grandchild shared her musings. “Mimi, just imagine how many decisions you made in your lifetime that caused me to be here eating this s'more.”

The mystery and beauty of these dancing and s'more eating girls fulfill what God wanted the Israelites, captives in a foreign country, to understand about Him.

“…my thoughts are not your thoughts.

Neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

so are my ways higher than your ways,

and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 55:8-9).

During times of doubt and grief, I can know that God sees my situation from a different perspective. When I fail to understand the mysteries and tragedies of life, I focus on God’s redemptive graces revealed in His Word. He understands and acts with limitless and creative options for moving me and my world forward into the life He has planned.

Father, thank you for the gift of life and the joy children bring to it. Thank You for reminding me of Your sovereignty and Your endless options for resolving the mysteries and tragedies of life. Knowing that your ways are higher than mine allows me to rest as I lean into Your love and into the joy that these children provide. In Your own child’s name, Jesus, I pray, amen.

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