Plans

This whole summer I was making plans for Jamie’s birthday. I was worried I wouldn’t come up with any good ideas so I paid close attention whenever we went shopping at the mall to what she seemed to want. I don’t remember exactly when, but at some point I had a bunch of really great ideas. I was totally psyched to get her the things I came up with. I even told myself “no Isaiah, don’t get those things for her now, wait for later in the year so you can make sure she doesn’t buy any of them for herself and then you don’t have to return anything.”

So, later in the year rolls around and I mysteriously find myself completely broke, then I find out that my car needs to be fixed, and to top it all off I apparently forgot to pay someone money I owed them from mid-summer. I then realized I couldn’t afford even the smallest thing I had planned to get her. Needless to say I was/am really bummed about this. Fortunately I have some new ideas, but they aren’t nearly as epic.

This got me thinking about how nothing ever seems to go as planned, which then reminded me of Proverbs 16:9.

In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.

When my plans fail and I get upset it’s simply because I fail to recognize the fact that our almighty God, who knows far more than I do, has better plans than me.

I know I’ve touched on this issue before, but at this time in my life, planning is a very relevant subject and it never hurts to be reminded that God has a better plan than we could ever imagine.