I don’t know about anyone else, but when I was a kid I always wanted to go. No matter what was going on at home I didn’t wanna stay. I wanted to get out and do all of the things. It’s amazing how much things change when we get older.
Now I thoroughly enjoy sitting around the house. I feel a huge relief when I don’t have to get up and do something. I absolutely adore being able to be lazy. One of the most exciting things I’ve experienced as an adult is canceled plans. Now if you’re like me and you make plans to do something because you feel like you have to, you think you should, or “it’s the right thing to do”. Then you know the excitement when you get that text saying there’s been a change.
Today I’m not thinking about those plans. Today I’m thinking about the plans you make because you want to. When you plan on doing something you really enjoy, or when you plan on getting that new job, maybe it’s when you planning on buying that new car, for some maybe it’s planning on being able to be happy.
I read a quote that said “Everyone who died last night, had plans for today”. So what do you do when the thing you had planned on doesn’t work out? How do you move forward when the thing you thought would never change doesn’t resemble what you fell in love with? Where do you go when the thing you fought tooth and nail for isn’t what you started fighting for at all? Help me to understand how to continue moving forward after your most perfectly laid plans are canceled.
We find in Proverbs 16:9 “in their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” This doesn’t mean that your plan is wrong or bad, in some cases I believe it means that the plan isn’t for you, that isn’t your path to walk, or maybe it isn’t your door to open. As humans this doesn’t make it any easier to accept that our lives are not going to go as “we” planned. As followers of Jesus, believers in the Holy Spirit, and children of God we are told ” We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called for his purpose.” Romans 8:28
So if we believe he has our forever in his hands, he has seen our last day before we breathe our first breath, and he is for us, then when our plans change should we not trust him? When our forever doesn’t go like we thought it would, shouldn’t we know that what is coming is far greater than what has gone? Shouldn’t we trust that God will carry us through this storm as he always has?
Today before it’s too late plan your forever, follow your dreams, start to move, but always pray for the Lord to order your steps. Start every journey with prayer and every day with Love.
I love you all.
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