{"id":22969,"date":"2026-03-11T13:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/when-god-makes-appointments-for-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:15:19","slug":"when-god-makes-appointments-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/finding-life-purpose\/when-god-makes-appointments-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":"When God Makes Appointments for Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\">Did you know that all of us have appointments from God? I was reminded of that recently when I took my granddaughters out for a special day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\">Anna, Ava and Eden love to play dress-up. They often walk into the room with a regal air while wearing their princess dresses, tiaras and fancy heels that belong to their mothers. I had three sons so it&#8217;s a real treat for me to enjoy these moments and watch their vivid imaginations at play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, I took them out for a special princess day, and we went to get pedicures. Or as four-year-old Ava called them, &#8220;pedicurds.&#8221; The girls were so excited!<\/p>\n<p>Since we went in the daytime and his daddy was at work and couldn&#8217;t keep him, three-year-old <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\">Ethan had to go with us. He wanted to know where the pets were. Yeah, he heard the word as &#8220;peticures.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-43532\" alt=\"Michelle's grandchildren at their appointment.\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/blog_appointments_350.jpg\" style=\"width: 350px;height: 263px;margin-left: 15px;margin-right: 15px;float: right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/blog_appointments_350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/blog_appointments_350-340x255.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>The girls were adorable as they picked out their polish\u2014with sparkles of course. The salon has child-sized pedicure chairs with backs that look like pink bears. I don&#8217;t know who had more fun, the girls as they were pampered, or me as I watched their sweet faces and listened to their <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\">giggles. It was a day of making memories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\">But something happened on the way to the salon that really stuck in my heart. Five-year-old <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\">Anna rode with me. She talked excitedly about the pedicures and then she wanted to know how long it would take to get to the salon. I told her it would be about ten minutes and then she said, &#8220;Grandmama, how do they know we&#8217;re coming?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I said, &#8220;I called earlier this week and made an appointment for all of us.&#8221; And then God whispered, &#8220;I&#8217;ve made appointments for you as well.&#8221; I&#8217;ve thought a lot about the special appointments God&#8217;s made for us, and I wanted to share them with you:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)  We have an appointment to be born. <\/strong><br \/>\nIn Ecclesiastes 3:2 it says, &#8220;a time to be born.&#8221; Before time began, the God of the universe made an appointment for the day when we would take our first breath of air. And He had a purpose and a plan for each of us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)  We have a divine appointment to meet Him. <\/strong><br \/>\nIn Acts 16:31 it says, &#8220;Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved&#8230;&#8221; so make sure you don&#8217;t miss the most important appointment <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\">of your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>3)  We have an appointment to bear fruit. <\/strong><br \/>\nIn John 15:16 it says, &#8220;You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit.&#8221; God wants us to tell others about Him, to be extensions of His love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)  We have an appointment to die. <\/strong><br \/>\nHebrews 9:27 says, &#8220;And as it is appointed unto men once to die.&#8221; Only God knows how many years are between our appointment to be born and our appointment to die. It&#8217;s important to have our hearts ready for whenever that final appointment occurs. I so want to make Him happy with how I live during the years in between. How about you?<\/p>\n<p>Just like I made that pedicure appointment for my sweet girls because I love them, our loving Father has a plan and a purpose\u2014appointments\u2014for each of us. And you know what? Just like I enjoyed watching my little princesses, I suspect He also enjoys watching us as we live for Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that all of us have appointments from God? I was reminded of that recently when I took my granddaughters out for a special day. Anna, Ava and Eden love to play dress-up. 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