Last year, I spent three months in Papua New Guinea. Stoked, I was stoked. I knew I'd have opportunities to do things I never thought I'd do. I also knew going into it, that by the time I returned to Australia there were a few things that I wanted to have considered, chatted to God about and got some clarity about. I loved being in PNG once again. When the time rolled around to leave, I was returning feeling like I had heard from God and was excited to see what would happen.

But returning to Australia, things ended up not being as I was expecting. Actually, things had changed and were very much out of my control. Opportunities I thought I was going to have, I didn't. I didn't know. It was so easy to then doubt God, who He is, what He promised, what He's up to.

It's easy to take something that you believe God's for and then run with it..... which isn't necessarily a bad thing I don't reckon, but it can get you into trouble if you're not then willing to lay those dreams down and clue back into reality.... "Okay, God.. this is different than I thought, what is your heart in this?!"

What if it wasn't that I didn't hear God? What if it was that I took the first glimpse of what He was up to into my own control and timing? The last 6 months, I've been pleasantly surprised with God's faithfulness and redemption. How He takes something out of nothing, placed opportunities right in front of me to walk into, switched things up a bit, and surprised me. And it's been good. 

Thank you God that... your faithfulness isn't dependent on me.