It's funny where God leads you...

Some days I look.at my life and I see that God has taken me exactly where I wanted to be but at the same time it was the last place I expected to be. There have been so many things - all the good things - that I prayed for and received in a different way or that I didn't even know to hope for that I have been blessed with. The friendships, the places that I have become accepted in, the place I live in (minus the palmetto bugs), the jobs I have worked in.
I can't say that I have fully learned my lesson and that I won't continue to try to plan my life (I'll probably try not to but do it without meaning to), but I can say that I have learned to be grateful before I see God's plans fully realized. What I mean by that is that I can be grateful for this move to middle school at my job not because I am sure I want to be there but because I am sure God wants me there and that he has good plans for me and for those around me (by working through me). I can be grateful in my anticipation for what God is going to do because he who is true to his promises has not failed to bless my life at each new bend in my life's road that he has asked me to walk around in faith.
I may not know where I am going, but I know where I am coming from and who got me to where I am now in one semi-functional piece.