He directs our feet...

so here i am starting my first post on my first blog before my first day while finishing my first week in Texas. lots of firsts i guess you can say. i was reading this morning about how the Lord is with the righteous and their children, etc. how they are blessed and though they stumble they will not fall. i began to think about how i am walking in that reality in my own life. blessed with parents who love the Lord and have chosen the path of righteousness. i find that my life has been blessed by their pursuit of Jesus and how He has also directed my feet towards the path or righteousness. its amazing really. here i am living in the home of a couple who have been obedient to the Lord as missionaries for many years. i remember them visiting my home when i was young and how they would bring us little gifts from the countries where they ministered. even as a young girl something in my heart was touched and fascinated by the stories and the idea of being a world changer. i even have a picture of me wearing an over-sized shirt that is half in russian and then translated to english it reads, "changing our world." as i consider these things and how i am now in texas living at their home and entering into a year of this ministry, my only thought is, "in his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." He really has determined my steps, not in a forceful demanding way as some consider His ways to be; but rather in a way that allured me to Him... drenched in His all consuming love. it amazes and thrills me at the same time to read the proverbs and then find myself living in them. he has directed my feet and it has been beautiful, absolutely beautiful. surprisingly enough, i am just starting, as i said in the beginning of this post, its a day of firsts. i am thrilled to be on the path where Abba placed me for i believe it reads, "He has made everything beautiful in its time."