We will follow

I have had a lot on my mind lately, and the past few days I have felt somewhat overwhelmed. There are a lot of unknowns in our life right now, and if you know me, you know I love to have a plan. I really, really hate not having a plan. But there are a lot of things that seem to be up in the air and circumstances that are outside my control. Between the post-pregnancy hormones and not getting enough sleep, tonight I became pretty much completely overwhelmed. As I was sitting in my bedroom crying, and crying out to God, and reading my Bible, I came across this verse.

"I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them."
Isaiah 42:16

These are words I have read over and over, and taken comfort from on so many occasions. However, tonight, the words seemed to slap me across the face.

I WILL. There are no if, ands, or buts about it. HE WILL.

As I return to work and have to leave my sweet baby and that difficult transition -
HE WILL make the rough places smooth.

Tyler's graduate school and job situation -
HE WILL guide us.

My parents' moving to Fort Smith and 2 hours away from us -
HE WILL not forsake me.

The state of the nation, health care reform, and consequently, mine and Tyler's careers -
HE WILL turn darkness into light before us.

HE WILL lead me by ways I have not known. Along unfamiliar paths. Out of my nice "planned" comfort zone. But HE WILL guide me. He sees and knows so much more than we can imagine or comprehend.

Though I do not know what the next chapter of our life holds,
I do know and trust and believe the One who holds our life.

And just one short chapter over, in Isaiah 43:19:

"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland."

Lord, this family will follow where you lead us.