Scheduling

So, when you think of scheduling what do you think of? A Doctor's appointment, dentist appointment, an important meeting, etc.
How would you schedule your life? What things do you think of in doing that?? Who's schedule are we really on? What is the purpose for having a schedule for our life? Isn't it to help us keep track of where we are going and what our agenda is?
But what if life throws a couple curve balls your way and it throws you off of YOUR schedule? Then, who's schedule are you really on? Who's life is this and where is it really going??
I often ask myself these things in the recent months that I have been in my situation. As most of you know, I am in a situation that I have absolutely NO control over. I don't know when I am going to get the call, I don't if I am going to get better; I don't even know if I will be well enough to get out of bed tomorrow to face another day of uncertainty.
I have come to the realization that I am not on my self-made schedule. Since I have given myself, my life, my schedule to Christ, it belongs to Him. He gets to do with it what He pleases. I may not know exactly what's going to happen, but I do know that He is in absolute control and will NEVER fail me.
I have never been more alive, more peaceful, more joyful and loved life more than I have than being in the situation I am in now. And it's all because I finally gave it up to Christ. I have let Him deal with my "stuff" and it has freed me up to live.
So about my schedule......for me I would have liked to have my new lungs by now; but look at the things I would have missed in the meantime.....
1. Awesome friends
2.Awesome church
3. Never felt the presence of God more in my life!
4.Complete and absolute TRUE Joy.
5. Appreciate life so much more.
6. Don't take people or things for granite anymore.
7. Realized SOO much stuff about myself.....
8. Have found the TRUE me.
9. I know now that life is not about the physical and how far we get materialistically, but how far we get spiritually.
10.I have found the true people that will stick by my side and just love me unconditionally.
11. I just can't say enough about the people that I have met here!! Unbelieveably awesome!!
12. GORGEOUS scenery!!
Ok, well I think that's the jist of it for now. I could really go on....but it's late.
The times i do feel tired and feel that I can't go on, I rely on my God to give me strength......just like the verse says:
"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those whose hope is in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:29-31
And when you are on God's schedule He gives us the strength and energy to make it through. We just have to make that choice to do so.
I did. And I am living according to God's schedule for me.

The above was written by Robin in 2007 when she was waiting for her double lung transplant.. Just thought I would share some of her writings.

Blessings!
Gayle