Resisting His Will

I have a bad habit of saying “No” to some options people give me before I really think them through. Most times, if I can stop myself long enough to say “I’ll think about it” before I say “No,” I find I made a wise decision. Some suggestions seem wrong from the start, but end up right for me. God knows what I need. I know what I want. We differ at times.

Today, for example. I had agreed to be on a committee this next month or so. When the call came tonight to remind me, I cringed. I was sorry I had agreed. I don’t have the time, I thought. It will be a royal pain, I thought. I don’t feel like traveling to those meetings and leaving Jane alone, I thought.

Then my friend suggested we have the meetings in my community clubhouse so I’d be close to home. Before I could think, I heard myself saying, “No, I don’t think so.”
Thank heaven I changed that in the next breath to “Let me think about it.” While we talked, I realized it was an excellent suggestion. I’d be less than five minutes away if Jane needed me. I could walk over and back. I was on my own grounds. How stupid I was to resist God’s solution when I hadn’t even given it a chance to sink in.

This has happened many times. I am getting much better at letting him handle my problems. But I have a long way to go.

Please, Dear Lord, give me the grace to think before I react to your plans for me, and thank you for helping me with solutions to my problems.