Plan B

I really enjoy reading books on my Kindle iPhone app. If you know me at all, you know that I judge my purses by whether or not I can carry a book in them. You never know when you will be in a situation, like a long line at the grocery store, waiting on a bench somewhere, or you have to go to the bathroom and I mean NOW! That is why I enjoy my phone because I always have a book on me.

Right now I am reading Plan B by Pete Wilson.

Here's what Amazon.com had to say:

In Plan B pastor and author Pete Wilson uses real life stories of disappointments and hurts along with the biblical stories of men and women like David, Joseph, and Ruth to help readers come to grips with the truth that they will face situations that in themselves they are completely unable to handle but that in them God is simply trying to get them to surrender their plans so that they can receive His. He identifies our common responses to difficulties and offers hope, helping us to
Understand what God might be up to
See how surrender helps us to receive God's plan
Embrace the community of believers
Reconcile a God of love with a life of tragedy and suffering

Pete hit me right on the head for this one. How often do the plans that we have for our life go in a completely opposite direction? I can't help but think of the husband and I during this time. He had big plans. He planned on already be a college graduate and having a great job in a great city. Well, he is just now about to graduate, hates his job with a passion, and we are living in a town that really shows no promise for growth. How do you think that makes my husband feel? Like a loser? Depressed? Like he has no control for his life? I also think of a friend who desperately wants that person who she is going to spend the rest of her life with. What makes it worse for this friend is that she likes to have control. How do you think she feels? Alone? Doubtful?

Direct from book:

"Your dreams may not be happening, and things aren't turning out the way you expected, but that doesn't mean your life is spinning out of control. It just means that you're not in control. It's in those moments you can learn to trust the only one who has ever had control in the first place."

Um...yeah. He got me there. I had to reread that a few times and shake my hand up at God.

Peter Scazzero said," I like control. I like to know where God is going, exactly what He is doing, the exact route of how we are getting there, and exactly when we will arrive. I also like to remind God of His need to behave in ways that fit with my clear ideas of Him. For example, God is just merciful, good, wise, loving. The problem, then, is that God is beyond the grasp of every concept I have of Him. He is utterly incomprehensible."

I can't wait to finish this book. One of my favorite things about this book so far is that Pete (like we are good friends already) is actually using the Bible to make his points. Shocker!! I hate reading books or going to hear speakers and they don't use the Bible. I want to know where you got your information and hear proof, and Pete does that.

Oh yeah. Pete is from Nashville. He's a local and because of that, we need to support him. :)