God willing...

Life is a funny thing. A funny thing that brings you surprises when you least expect them, and in the blink of an eye anything could happen. Whoever first said, "If you want to make God laugh tell him your plans" must have been a pretty insightful individual. When you think about it, I guess its pretty arrogant to even make plans altogether. Here is where, I think, the Malians have really adopted the proper way of making plans. A Malian never tells you he will come to an appointment, or see you tomorrow, without saying "If God wills it," at the end. How true is that? 

Sometimes it can be aggravating, because an appointment will be missed for the simple fact that they just didn't want to show up, but they give the ultimate excuse of saying "God did not will that today!!" Thus who are you to disagree??

In Life nothing is guaranteed. You never know what tomorrow will bring. Yes, you should make plans with good intentions, but who knows what will actually come of your plans, except God. I myself go back and forth with important (important to me, anyway) decisions in my life, but the truth is if it is meant to be it will be, and if it is not-it won't. 

This I suppose is where I tend to mess up a lot of the time. Most people enjoy being in control of their own lives, me especially, but although God lets us make our own decisions, he has the ultimate say. Often when I pray I ask specifically for God to do me a favor, or for something specific to happen in my life, when really I should be praying for the right thing to happen, because lets face it, thats whats going to happen. 

So I guess if we stop trying to control our lives, and start accepting the fact that the right thing is going to happen, we will live much more contently. All we have to do is expect the worst, hope for the best, and know that everything happens for a reason...and no matter what keep praying, and holding tight to your faith. 

Yesterday there was a bombing in Nigeria, and all I could think about was how UN-Peaceful this world is....

But we must not give up on mankind, and we can't expect some drastic change over night... Instead make a difference where you can, and trust that God is taking care of the rest*