The Planner

Jeremiah 29:11
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord. 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Did you catch that? The Lord has plans for you but they're His plans, not ours! I love my plans, a little too much sometimes. Check out this next verse.

Psalm 94:11
"The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile."

See the difference? Human plans versus God's plans. His plans are perfect. Our plans are futile! So should you plan?

Well, I got a planner this week. It's from the company "The Happy Planner" and I love it! It helps me figure out what needs done. For example, it allows me to keep track of my writing goals. In July I've set a goal- I want to write X amount of words this month. So every time I write I make a note in my planner of my word count. At the end of the month I'll know how I did in comparison to my goal.

There's nothing wrong with planning. Nothing. But the flip side of that is that your days are not always going to go according to your plan. In fact I don't remember the last time I had an entire day go exactly according to plan. Life doesn't work that way!

You can plan, you can be structured. You just have to accept that sometimes those plans will go awry. And when that happens instead of getting frustrated try looking for the blessing. So often our "interrupted plans" are God's divine appointments.

A few days ago I worked late, it wasn't my plan, that's just how it happened. As I was driving home I came around the corner to see a doe and her two baby fawns in the road! Around the next stretch I saw four birds fly out of the woods and glide through the air! What beautiful sights of God's creation that lifted my heart! And yet if I hadn't worked late I wouldn't have seen them.

Sometimes His hand shows up in other ways, a "chance" meeting with an old friend, a conversation with the cashier at the grocery store or missing an accident because you were running late. Whatever it is learn to look at your interruption as His plan.

You can plan, you can make lists and structure. Just don't let your attitude get derailed if the day goes off the tracks.