Waiting on the Lord seems like one of the toughest concepts to grasp, at least it does for me. Our whole lives have been planned for us until adulthood. We always know what the next step is through out junior high and high school. We go through grade to grade until we graduate high school, and then we are told to go to college. Every "vine" is handed to us and we just keep swinging. But there comes a time where you don't know what vine your grabbing onto next. This is when it gets tricky. For me, I constantly feel like I need to be planning my next step, because that is what had happened each year before, but sometimes God calls you to be patient and wait on Him. Proverbs 16:1 says “We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.” When reading this the other day I was stunned at how much this applied to me. I have sat around and planned my whole life many times, but when it comes down to it, The Lord has been in control, and I am thankful for that. If my life had gone the way I have planned it to go, honestly it would be horrible. I would have missed so many things and lived in my own little bubble, but God saved me from that. If you look at my life now, its almost comical, because who would have known that I would be living in Branson for 2 years and not been at college. I have always thought college was the path you had to take after high school, but God said differently. He placed me in Link Year, and then decided to keep me there for another year. If we are being honest, I don't know what this coming year holds for me and that worries me. I know the big picture, but I have can’t see the details. And I have absolutely no idea what the year after that is going to look like. I often get anxious about the future, but I know that The Lord is in control and He has never failed me and never will. I am just called to wait on Him, and be present in the now. This is easier said than done, but I know He is in control. I hope this is an encouragement to you guys and that you can learn to trust Christ with your life, because He has a way better plan for it than you do.