Have you ever thought that you had everything figured out to a T and that it was going to go that way no matter what? Or maybe you haven't known maybe the exact details of how things were going to end up, but you had an idea and a pretty well thought out plan to make it go that way.

I have.

What I have learned is that God's plans are so much better than my own. I might not have the answers, but I am also not meant to. Maybe you spent three years in junior college instead of the typical two years. I did. That meant I wouldn't end up graduating college when most of my high school class graduated, but I ended up meeting the man who is now my husband through that.

See, His plans are much better than my own. I am so grateful for that too.

Sometimes it can be hard to trust God especially when human nature tells us we need to be in control. In 2 Corinthians 5:7 we're told to "walk by faith and not by sight". Sometimes this is a hard concept to grasp because it's hard to want to do things when we can not see the outcome or trust that an unlikely situation has a purpose behind it.

Within the past year, I had something major happen in my life that was absolutely nowhere in my plans.

Halfway through my last semester at Mississippi State University I was hit by a car while walking from my car to my apartment. Yes, I was walking. That evening I had plans to meet up with some friends for a much-needed girls night, but I didn't expect what would happen the second I opened my car door to get out.

I'll spare the details, but I walked away only suffering a broken leg. My head (and body) not only hit the car and busted the windshield, but also the ground multiple times. I suffered absolutely no injuries to it.

Today, October 12, 2017 marks one year since the accident.

God was in control and had been all along.

This shook my world. I was just under three months until graduating college and getting married in only eight months. I had a job, school, a social life, and plans.

Now I had a broken leg, I was on crutches, and my anxiety which I know God helped me to manage as a child reappeared with a vengeance.

But...God was in control.

I walked on only one crutch for my December 2016 graduation. And on my wedding day, I was walking like nothing had ever happened.

I don't know why this had to happen, but it taught me that I need to rely on others. I needed to slow down and be thankful for God intervening in my life. The outcome could have been so much worse. This is not something that I could have ever predicted happening or anticipated in life. My plans absolutely did not go according to how I planned for them to.

Yours won't either.

Instead of dwelling on the negativity in those moments relish in the beauty of what Christ is going to do. Today I am thankful for a powerful heavenly Father who protected my life and reveals the plans He has for me. I had a wrench thrown into my plans, and while I still don't know why it happened and what life would've been like had it not, I am okay with that.

When your plans don't turn out accordingly to how you imagined, wait for and seek Him for what He is going to do through it. Trust in Him and walk by faith.