Its funny how you wake up every morning expecting relationships to just pan out exactly as you’d like them to, expecting your future plans to come together as if you’re the sole architect of your future circumstances, expecting yourself to be able to simply deal with life because that’s what you’re good at.

You only have to be awake for a few minutes to realize that things are not going to work out that way, that relationships are messy and painful, that the future can change in an instant completely out of your control and that when you’re faced with shifting circumstances you can’t always confidently take them in your stride. You only have to be awake for a few minutes to realize that we live on the wrong side of the Fall and it sucks.

Jesus needs to remind me every morning that he has effected and put a plan in action to reverse the Fall and that one day I’m going to enjoy the full benefits with him…till then I need to get on board with the plan, with his story, and start living for the benefits now or else I’m going to be miserable all the way through.