{"id":511,"date":"2016-07-26T11:19:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/?p=511"},"modified":"2016-07-26T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T19:58:40","slug":"hearts-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/?p=511","title":{"rendered":"Heart’s Desire"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heart’s Desire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most, if not all, of us have times in our life when things don’t go exactly as we had planned – a relationship that didn’t turn out, a career that didn’t pan out, a friend that ran out when you needed her most – but God’s plans are frequently different than ours.<\/p>\n

When circumstances warrant, there are occasions when we have to set aside our wants and needs and just simply “do what needs to be done.” Hopefully times like this are few and rare, rather than “the norm.”<\/p>\n

Heart’s Desire was written in the midst of one of those life challenges. Thankfully, God eventually changed the circumstances – albeit not as quickly as I would have hoped for – and His plans for the better; and there is no longer a conflict “in the mirror.”<\/p>\n

Are you thankful today for where God has you right now? Even if you are caught in a conflict you didn’t ask for, have you told him so?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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