Right now.

Is this my beautiful family? Good, it is.

So I was thinking today and while doing so, I became absolutely and completely fascinated with the idea that God knew about me when He made Adam and Eve; that He had me planned when Moses led the Israelites, that He knew about me when David wrote all the psalms, that He knew about me when the apostles were walking side by side with Him, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, when Black Tuesday hit, when the automobile was invented, when the radio was invented, when Hollywood came about, when my grandpa and grandma got married, and when my parents found out I was on the way.

Through every adventure, discovery, tragedy, crisis, exploration, invention, God knew about each of us; and for some reason here, at this very moment in time He has chosen us to run the race: to run ourselves, to run together, to fight the good fight. We, each one of us, are perfect for right now.

No, seriously, I’m bewildered by this. The person you drive by on the highway, the person sitting next to you in class, the person you work with, the person you know is struggling with an addiction, the single mom, the abused child, the mother and father who just lost a child, the parents who just found out they can never have a child, the child who watches his mom or dad die, the teenager who feels unaccepted by everyone…We’re all living side by side in our journeys.

And then there’s the kid who just got the first A on a test, and the teenager who just realized he or she had worth. And what about the person who just accepted Christ, or the student who just graduated from college with a degree, or the parents who watch their child put together their first puzzle, the patient who found out they are in remission from cancer, the husband who just got a job after being out of work for months.

They, we, are each placed right here and right now. For some reason we get to go through these sufferings, problems, crisis, joys, adventures, explorations, and inventions together, side by side. Yeah, all of it. We get to do all of it with each other, and I’m thinking that maybe it somehow all connects.... to a bigger picture, a bigger family...Christ's family that is cheering us on and praying us through.

I suppose maybe it's just my thoughts leaving the little world I’ve known of West Michigan, or maybe I’m thinking something bigger. Maybe I’m realizing that this is all way too exciting. That God is in control. He has it all planned out. My job is to love God, who is writing the story, and then discover my place in His story.

Cheering you all on as you participate in this amazing love story, too fun.

May you come to understand the time and place of your existence here on earth.

Kaylee