Never doubt that your steps are ordered!

The steps of a [good] man are directed and established by the Lord when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with his every step].

Psalm 37:23 (Amplified Bible)

So it's that time again. The time when Mrs. Holiday is about to hand the baton over to Mr. School(Not a very happy time for many but I'm excited because I'm convinced that this semester will be amazing!). I had bought my bus ticket online the night before I was going back to school. It was from Hartford, Connecticut to Amherst, Massachusetts and was scheduled to leave Hartford at 3:30pm and arrive Amherst at 5:00pm. Most times, this journey takes around three hours due to the changeovers and stops the bus makes, so I was glad that this one would only last for an hour, thirty minutes.

I was asked to pick up my ticket at least one hour before my departure time; that meant, preferably, before 2:30pm.

My aunty had an appointment that day but surprisingly, she got back much earlier than I had expected. She suggested we leave the house at 1:30 because it was raining rather heavily and she wanted to be sure we would get to the station before 2:30. This was a rational decision that many people would have made given the prevailing conditions. Looking back however, I sense it was much more than human rationality at work. I have a feeling my Father might have caused it to rain because he knew it would get His daughter out of the house earlier than normal. My Father is a Master planner!!

I picked up my ticket at 2:10 and prepared myself for the wait. Shortly after, a man announced that there was a bus outside that was ready to leave and would be making stops at several locations, one of which was Springfield (I was to make a stop at Springfield before continuing on to Amherst). I told him I was going to Amherst and asked if I could go with the bus since it was going my way. The man nodded and said, "That's your bus".

So I got on the bus, committed the journey to God, thanking Him for getting me on an earlier bus and then I fell asleep. I woke up when we were almost at the first stop. The driver announced that we would be arriving at Hartford shortly. I was a bit puzzled; wasn't I coming from Hartford? I waited till we got to the station to see if I had heard the driver correctly- I had! Then I realized that I had taken the bus at New Haven and only just got to Hartford, which was about forty-five minutes away. That's why the ticket was so cheap! It wasn't for the whole journey. My real journey was

New Haven ->Hartford ->Springfield -> Amherst but I had mistakenly bought a ticket for Hartford ->Springfield ->Amherst instead. It was probably the bus I took from New Haven that was scheduled to leave Hartford at 3:30. So if I had waited for my 3:30 'Hartford -> Amherst' bus, I would have missed it because I would still have been in New Haven!

So even though I had the wrong ticket, my steps are so ordered by God that I got to the station at right time, got on the right bus and paid less for my journey! He paid the rest for me!!! What's more, He got me to the Amherst stop in time to get another bus that took me to my school! Glory!

I'm Christian because my Father delights in my steps so much that he busies himself planning and ordering them! I'm always in the right place at the right time! Praise God!

Child of Promise is Christian because...

So I said I was going to put up the Facebook note. Here it is:

For many years of my life, I stumbled in darkness. Sin is like a black hole, without help, one would simply sink deeper. For many years, I was in this black hole called Sin, sinking yet not wanting any help. I had grown accustomed to the darkness- I liked it! But deep within, because I had been brought up in God's Word, I knew there was something much better than darkness. I knew there was light. I knew there was Jesus -THE light. At times, I would try hard to get to the light on my own but I never could. I prayed and read my Bible, most of the time still in sin, but praying and reading the Bible alone don't save you. One night, God made me see how much darkness was around me. He opened my eyes to see the error of my ways and the emptiness of religion, which tells you that your good works can save you or that going to church, praying or reading your Bible can save you. God didn't do this to condemn me. Oh not at all!! My God loves me!! As soon as I called out to Him, He reached out and pulled me out of the hole. I needed a Savior and being the only True Savior, Jesus stepped in. His blood washed me clean of all my sins (and still does) and God put His Holy Spirit in me.

I'm Christian because God loves me. He sent His Son to die for the sins of the world, forgiving them and making it possible for everyone to be reconciled with Him. I accepted this forgiveness and so I'm reconciled with God. I'm righteous; In fact, I have been made "the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus" (2 Corinthians 5:21). I'm Christian because I love God and everyday, in His strength, I live for Him. I'm Christian because I'm saved by grace (Ephesians 2:8) and by the blood of Jesus. I'm Christian because God's Holy Spirit lives in me (1 Timothy 1:14, 2 Corinthians 1:22), loving me, directing me and keeping me (John 14:26, John 16:13). I'm Christian because "my life is hid in Christ in God" (Colossians 3:3). I love Him because He first loved me (1 John 4:19).