Days Like These

Well, I'm not in school anymore. I guess I was just cut out for something different.
God works in mysterious ways. I've seen how He's worked in my life for the last few months... well, the last few years actually. He sort of just stepped back and let me make bad decisions, one after another, until I was frustrated with myself and more selfish than I have ever been, ready to give up everything I know for what I wanted- and then He stepped in and said, "Wait on the Lord and He will act", "Trust in the Lord", "God works all things together for good, for those who love Him, those who are called according to His purposes."
He did all that, He let me loose and let me do what I wanted, He let me get in debt, He let me do a whole bunch of things that He knew that I would regret later- just so that I would see that I don't trust Him fully, and He is in control! I don't have to worry about anything- not my job, not my family, not my school, not any of my life- because He is in complete control. Of everything. And when I worry about things, it's my way of trying to "trump" God, trying to put myself in control instead, when really, I'm not in control of anything- I never have been. And, knowing that He is in control, I have no good reason to doubt that what He does is best. I shouldn't be afraid that what He gives me is not what I wanted, because what I want doesn't matter- it's not about me.
I was reading through Psalms this morning (my favorite <3 ) and I stopped at chapter 6 as I realized that I had been listening to all of the ideas that this world promote- You deserve it, Get what you want, You can do anything that you set your mind to, Stop letting people tell you that you can't do what you want.... and more. I've learned today that I am a very impressionable person and that it doesn't take much to make me do something that I might not have done with a clear mind- a mind focused on Christ.
Anyway- all that to say is that two of the bad decisions that I've made were to go to The Master's College and to leave The Master's College. But here I am, at the place where my ignorance and stupidity has brought me to, and here I will stay, until God tells me otherwise. Because He is in control- not me- and He knows what's best for the rest of my life- not me- and He knows what I want, but He has promised me that what He has in store for me, even if it's not what I want right now, is better than anything that I could plan, because He knows best and He loves me. Isn't that crazy?! The God of the universe loves me! Me, who ran away from Him and did what I wanted instead, without even giving Him a thought! He gave up everything- more than I will ever have to give up- for me. And He loves me that much, always, even when I'm on the run. Boy, does that make me feel guilty.
Okay, that was another somewhat long tangent- but the point of this post is to tell the few people who read this blog about a new business- well, almost new, it's still kind of in the works. Okay it's definitely still just in the works, but I'm excited about it!
It's called Days Like These- based on the idea of mixing modern designs with little pieces of history, like jeans and a pinafore, or abstract art over an antique oak buffet and some of my own designs too- and it's name is inspired by the song Days Like These, by Natalie Grant... though that was kind of accidental, I was trying to think of a name and that song came on the radio. :-)
Anyway, I'll be starting out online, because not only am I broke, but also a few thousand in debt too... so a building is kind of out of the question right now... and for a while. But that is the hope. :-)
right now I'm working on using up all of the little bits and pieces of yarn that I have left over from other projects to make baby hats... so if anyone is interested in buying a baby hat... :-) I'm hoping to take some pictures and post them up here sometime this week. Oh and if anyone has questions about what I can do or what I'm planning on doing in the near future with this business you can contact me at days-like-these@hotmail.com
Yeah, so that's that and I hope that the begining of this post was a good reminder to some of you out there because it was certainly a good reminder for me- and I wrote it! God does work in mysterious ways.
And I can't wait to see what He does next!
Samia