The ability to look forward, to plan, and to anticipate things is often identified as a sign of maturity and good leadership.  

But everyday holds with it a certain amount of surprise.  There are eventualities and disruptions that we can not plan for or anticipate.  There are things that escape the purview of the most capable and mature people.

This doesn’t mean we should stop making plans, I wouldn’t dare say that!  But what it does mean, is that we must admit that our plans are limited!  We can be as prepared as we can be, but there are some things that are beyond our influence.

So what do we do?

We make plans.  We set our schedules.  We anticipate risks.  We arrange contingencies.  Yes, yes, and yes!  But after we’ve done what we can do (within reason), we submit our plans to the LORD – and trust God for the outcomes!  Get it?

Trusting God frees us from anxiety by allowing us to remain present and opening us to enjoy the journey.  And then sometimes the disruptions and surprises are better than our carefully designed plans!  

It’s a brand new day.  I know you have plans.  But trust God!

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. 

²¹ Many are the plans in the mind of a man,but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.  

Proverbs 19:20-21

Good Morning, I love you all!

ihs,

just adam