Day #5

#5: “It doesn’t really matter what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.”

At this point in your life, you’ve probably experienced the fact that life doesn’t always go as planned. If so, I would’ve already been married with kids, had my house with a porch swing, and been a college professor. However, what we expect from life doesn’t always come to pass. More so, what we feel that life “entitles” us is sometimes nowhere near the plan that God has for our lives.

I’m not saying it’s not good to have hopes, dreams and expectations… it’s our human nature, and I really believe that God puts desires in our hearts so that we can dream up big plans for our lives (and then for Him to show us that He has even better plans). However, we must remember that while we do have expectations of life, life has expectations of us as well.

I feel that if we handed life a letter with all of our expectations on it, this is what life would write back:
Dear Human,
Thanks for the letter. I’ll see what I can do. Now here’s what I expect from you….
1) Be kind, to yourself and to others.
2) Love people. REALLY love them.
3) Give.
4) Show compassion.
5) Teach, and learn.
6) Speak, and listen.
7) Be a better person every day.
8) Be helpful.
9) You’ll love me. You’ll hate me. Either way, trust me.
10) Don’t give up on me.

Sincerely,
Life

Dreams are good. Sometimes they become reality and sometimes they don’t. Either way, on the journey to telling a better story with our lives, it’s not really about us and what we want at all. It’s about life—and the One who created it—and how we can meet the expectations of a great story every day.