Monday Meditation – Better Plans - 5/8/2023

Why is it that sometimes things don’t always go the way I plan them out? Not too long ago I had prepared to do a livestream of a play put on by our theater company. I set everything up the way I was supposed to, and on the day of the play everything seemed to be running smoothly. The cameras were working, the sound was coming through and my recording was running. But when I hit the Go Live button to send the stream to YouTube, nothing happened. I spent 20 minutes trying to figure out what was wrong but was unsuccessful. Twenty-three people were unable to watch the stream. Fortunately, I was able to email them all to explain what happened, and I uploaded the recording into the cloud so our subscribers could watch it that way.

In more important areas of my life, my plans often didn’t pan out either. I had hoped for a successful marriage and family, but that changed when I got a divorce and became a single mother with two small children. Later on, I had a nice job in the Credit department, and all of a sudden I was moved into Information Technology without warning. Not exactly how I had planned my career.

We all plan and set goals – for our career, our hobbies, our families and our faith. And this is a good thing – studies show that people who plan have more success in achieving their goals.

But sometimes God has different plans for us. He can see the bigger picture of our lives and he knows what we need and when we need them, and so much better than we do.

As it turned out for me, my divorce helped strengthen my faith, and I ultimately met a man who I married, giving me and my children a better life than I would have had with my first husband. My unexpected job change broadened my skills and I got to work with some really good people. In both cases, these were good changes for me, even though I didn’t realize it at the time.

Our planning and goals may be useful, especially for day-to day living, but God’s plans are better – they prepare us for eternity.

Have you had some unexpected changes to your plans? If so, have they ultimately affected your life for the better? Maybe God had a hand in giving you a blessing in those changes of plans. Thank God for these better plans!

Have a blessed Monday!

Faye

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