His purposes never fail

I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:2

I recently traveled back to the DR after a wonderful Christmas with my family in the Midwest. I planned on returning to the DR on January 1^st in order to host a team arriving on the 2^nd. What I thought was going to be a fairly normal travel day turned out to be quite a saga…

I could go through all the details but here are some of the highlights: cancelled flights…delayed flights…extreme snow…finding my boss at Ohare…traveling with my boss to Santo Domingo in the middle of the night (7 hours away from where I live in the country)…a taxi ride through the mountains…a bus ride to the coast…lost luggage…lots of stress…and no sleep!

I was on the phone with my mom several times during this crazy day and she reminded me of this truth: No purpose of the Lord’s can be thwarted.

Since getting to my apartment and ministry site, the craziness has continued. Caraballo hosted a high school group who did construction and VBS for a week. I thought this would be a very “normal and easy” kind of week, but it was filled with its own share of adventures that I never could have anticipated!

As I reflect on the last 7 days from when I left my family’s home in Moline to right in this moment, that sweet verse keeps coming to my mind:

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.”

I had plans for my travel day and they didn’t go anything like I expected. I had plans for what this week would look like and mostly none of them worked out like thought. I have plans for my days and my weeks here in Caraballo and often they are nowhere close to what actually happens. BUT, I know that God can do all things and that no purpose of His can be prevented. This is such a powerful truth for me to cling to. God has a beautiful purpose (for today, for tomorrow, and for next year) and it won’t be thwarted. My plans often fail, but the Lord’s never do.

Living in the DR it seems like the Lord often gives me these teachable moments where He shows me his character so clearly. He can do all things and his purposes never fail. He wants me to follow him and trust him to provide.