some monday meditation

How corny is it to put song lyrics in my blog post? Because it's about to happen.

"Got a baby girl sleeping in my bedroom, and her mama laughing in my arms. There's the sound of rain on the rooftop, and the game's about to start. I don't really know how I got here, but I'm sure glad that I did. And it's crazy to think that one little thing could have changed all of it. Maybe it didn't turn out like I planned. Maybe that's why I'm such, such a lucky man.
For every stoplight I didn't make, every chance I did or I didn't take. All the nights I went too far, all the girls that broke my heart. All the doors that I had to close, all the things I knew but I didn't know. Thank God for all I missed, 'cause it led me here to this.
Like the girl that I loved in high school who said she could do better, or that college I wanted to go to 'til I got that letter. All the fights and the tears and the heartache I thought I'd never get through, and the moment I almost gave up, all lead me here to you. I didn't understand it way back when, but sitting here right now, it all makes perfect sense. 
So nothing's a mistake. For every stoplight I didn't make, every chance I did or I didn't take. All the nights I went too far, all the girls that broke my heart. All the doors that I had to close, all the things I knew but I didn't know. Thank God for all I missed, 'cause it led me here to this."


So, I'm not a guy, and I can't recall a girl every breaking my heart, but I heard this song in the car today on my way home from the gym (had to say it), and I just couldn't stop smiling :) Nothing is a mistake. What an obscure thought! And it's stated right in the scripture! In 1 Corinthians, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him". And in Jeremiah, "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".
I've been having "Oh my gosh! We're MARRIED!" moments recently with Stephen. I get so caught up in our every day routine and schedule that I forget sometimes. But after a long day at work, waiting in the car outside of school to pick him up, I'll see him walking from the building... And in that silence of watching him, it hits me! He's mine. We're married. WE'RE MARRIED! And then I get all mushy and giddy like it's our wedding day and can't keep my hands off him. 
But it's in those moments that this song, and those verses ring so true to me. Nothing is a mistake. I'm supposed to here. He's supposed to be mine. This is the life God has made for me. It's so easy to get down and disappointed when things don't go your way. But why would you want to go your way, when His way is so much better? If His way leaves me head over heels giddy in love and MARRIED to my husband, then fine by me. I'm jumping aboard the Jesus train in full belief that everything happens for a reason. I'm so very happy that what I had planned and what I thought I wanted oh so long ago, never worked out. Because today I am here, and I am happy.