God's Perfect Plan

I have been reading Luke 2 yesterday and today and I had a thought that I have never thought before. I would think that God's Perfect Plan would be perfect in my eyes too. And, I will admit, sometimes get frustrated when it is not...like losing my stepdad this year doesn't seem like that would be His perfect plan...moving 2 hours from home doesn't seem like that would be His perfect plan...my dad facing treatments for prostate cancer doesn't seem like that would be His perfect plan...and I guess we could all go on & on with the trials that we face each day. But when I was reading in Luke 2, I thought "isn't it amazing that God's Perfect Plan for His Son, Jesus Christ, to be born was in a barn filled with straw, animals, and I'm sure it was cold...rather than in the most posh place that existed at that time?!?" And "isn't it more amazing that Mary & Joseph accepted that with no hesitation?!?" I wonder why THAT was His perfect plan for Jesus' birth? Was it to make Jesus more approachable and not so intimidating to the human race? If He had been born as an earthly King, would the common man or woman feel like they could have gone to Him with their needs? I don't know God's reasons for allowing trials to come into our lives, but I do know that He knows best and we have to be willing to accept these things without hesitation. This thought was very humbling to me and has encouraged me to stay focused on Him and ask Him what he would have me to do each day or how he would have me to respond or what He would have me to learn from each situation that I face. I have faced this before with several situations, but this is not something that you learn once and never have to think about again. This is something that I have to learn and apply each and every day with each individual situation. And I praise the Lord for working in my life and for teaching me how I can better live for him.

On to my house stuff:
I have had to take a couple of days to catch up on some work and also get geared up for Christmas, so I have slowed down with the decorating. I will get back on that by Monday and have some new pics to post.

I hope that you all have a great day!!