Hello my dear friends, this I write in extreme gratitude. God is faithful always - I was having a bit of a downtime the last few days, feeling as if under a cloud.....mainly, because I felt disconnected with my Father in Heaven.....today I am plugged in again - Ever so grateful!!!
During the last little while I realized a very deep deep truth - and that is, that God truly protects us......Here is the scoop: There are not many things in life, that I regret/would do differently if I were given the chance to do it all over again - as the sum total of my life, makes me the person I am - and through the Grace of God, I today am where I am (where I believe He placed me for a purpose) with a grateful heart for all the hardship and the growth that could happen in my life because of it - Yes, I know, that certain choices I made along the way, caused certain consequences, that I could have done without.....but then who knows, if I were where I am today, so I gladly accept all that that happened in my life - and rejoice in the learning experience and in the knowledge of God I have gained through it.
But enough of that - here is what over the years I did regret, and that is, that after I graduated from the Hotel Management in Lausanne, one of the leading Hotel Management Schools of the World - there are interviews at the end of your course, where the big Hotel Chains come to the school and hire the new graduates right from there......due to different plans in my family, where I was to run a hotel, that we were going to build, I never went to any of the interviews......and somehow, I kept wondering, what my life had been like, had I had these interviews. I truly believe it would have turned out completely different (my thoughts were, that I would have had it made and life would have been much easier) - well, I guess I have been wrong, cause God chose to show me two people, or hear the story of one and witness the other myself, where they had it all made in the world......then a breakdown and time off work, dealing with addiction and a broken marriage on one hand, and a successful life followed by an illness of the brain, brought the successful lives to a screeching halt - to pick up the pieces of a life that was successful on a worldly scale, but not successful on a soul level and or emotional level.
God knew, that I would have been far to susceptible to the praises of the world, and that the crush would have been deadly, when I would have had to face all the things I would have sacrificed for this successful worldly career. He protected me from going down that path. I can see it clearly now. There was even once, during an internship in a renown Hotel in Germany, where the General Manager wanted to see me, to talk about my future.....the meeting never took place.....funny, isn't it - well, I know today, that God prevented it from happening, that I would not be tempted to loose myself in a fancy career, that I always had to learn to be successful on another level - on a soul and heart level. Today I am so very grateful for His protective touch - I can't tell you to what extend I am grateful.....because I can just imagine the broken pieces I would have to present to my Heavenly father to put together again - not that He wouldn't be capable of putting them back together, but He has spared me a whole lot of grief. Thank you Father - I am glad, you watched out for me. And I will sing your praises every day of my life.
Therefore, my friends, I can assure you, that when certain plans do not come through for you, you can trust, that He has something far better for you - and that He is really having your best interest at heart. He absolutely does!!! And He does turn around everything that was intended for evil, for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His Purpose. That is the Truth and will always be the Truth.
Praising God Almighty forever and ever -
Be blessed, my friends today and always -
Amen
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