Lord Willing...I'm Crossing the Jordan

This week, I attended a college graduation party for a young lady.  She paid for her own schooling with scholarships.  She had a double major and achieved a 4.0 in both majors.  She saved her money and bought two used cars.  She graduated Tuesday, May 1^st, and left for Europe on May 2^nd (paid for it herself). In July, she’s going to the Marshall Islands under a Harvard program to teach English and share her faith.  She saved the money and paid the $2,000 for the year-long trip to the Marshall Islands. 

It got me to thinking.  What am I doing??  I grew up hearing the words “Lord willing, we will do this or that” all my life.  Did I cut that sentence short?  Have I been saying “Lord willing!“ instead of “Lord willing, I will do so and so!”?  Her life has been a rebuke. Her circumstances would have kept me from attending college, not to mention any of her other achievements.  Shame on me.

One of my goals is to better manage our money.  We have a refinance offer at 3.25%.  This is one small step for Mankind Koch.  I have 26 pages of an application to fill out, and who knows what else, but I will not be deterred (Lord willing J).  Another goal is to get rid of credit card debt in 4 years.  This will take a miracle, but by God’s grace, I’ve set the goal and I’m making an effort.  This particular goal has a story that I’ll share another time, by the way.

Life is like the Jordan.  God did not part the waters until the priests stepped into the river.  The same is true for us.  Our “way” doesn’t open up until we step into “it”, and I’m finding a lot of the time, God was willing after all!! One thing is for sure, the river didn’t part while they were in their tents.  Get up. Be ready.  Do. And Lord willing, it will be done.