{"id":15516,"date":"2026-10-12T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=15516"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:51:21","slug":"trusting-god-with-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/trusting-god-with-the-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"Trusting God with the Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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In high school, I worked at Montgomery Ward in their women\u2019s department. One night, not long before my graduation, I had a meltdown. While inventorying scarves, my thoughts spiraled out of control, and I began crying. Worry about what would happen in the months ahead consumed me as I faced the brink of adulthood. My co-worker tried to assure me things would work out, but my anxiety won that battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And things did work out. But I didn\u2019t know that then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just like the Israelites didn\u2019t know what would happen to them when they lived in exile in Babylon. Far from home, living in circumstances they hadn\u2019t chosen and couldn\u2019t change, they must have wondered about their future. Had God forgotten them? Would they ever have their normal lives back? What did their future hold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone wonders about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God understands our curiosity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And He gives us a message: He has it under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relaxing into the Savior\u2019s plan for our lives should come easily, but it doesn\u2019t. Knowing Christ\u2019s miraculous death and resurrection, we have victory over whatever comes our way. But we still need reassurance that God has a plan for our lives, and we need to trust it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israelites couldn\u2019t see what their future would look like, and neither could I all those years ago. My anxiety and worry caused me to miss out on the moment. Life doesn\u2019t let us skip difficult seasons; we must go through them. And in those valleys, the Lord teaches us valuable lessons that transform our lives. We learn to trust Him, even when we don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our inability to see the plan doesn\u2019t mean God doesn\u2019t have one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hindsight gives us 20\/20 vision. Decades later, I can see the Lord\u2019s hand in my life, guiding, directing, and protecting me along the way. I didn\u2019t need to spend that evening in anxiety; I only needed to trust in God\u2019s plan for my life and let it unfold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord sees the beginning, middle, and end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We only see today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we can trust; God hasn\u2019t forgotten us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope lies ahead, as He continues to write our story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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