Nothing and no one can upset your plans.
You asked, 'Who is this muddying the water,
ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my purposes?'
I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about things far beyond me,
made small talk about wonders way over my head.
You told me, 'Listen, and let me do the talking.
Let me ask the questions. You give the answers.'
I admit I once lived by rumors of you;
now I have it all firsthand—from my own eyes and ears!
I'm sorry—forgive me. I'll never do that again, I promise!
I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor."
I want to thank my friend Diana for showing me this passage last night. Something about the phrase "I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor" hit me so hard that I felt as though my New Year didn't actually start until I heard those words. It's as if that verse was the closing sentence of one chapter and the beginning of another -- like the scene in Gone With the Wind before the intermission when Scarlett O'Hara chooses to fight..."As God is my witness, I'll never go hungry again."
So look out folks, cause I'm choosing to fight. I don't want to babble about God anymore or simply make small talk. I don't want to confuse anyone or second-guess what God is doing. I'm going to practice obedience and pursue God so that the words I speak about Him come from my heart and not rehearsed answers or speculation.
That's what I'm going to do with 2011, and it's the only plan I need. It'll be an adventure!
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