The Best Plans

Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
Proverbs 19:21 (ESV)

My husband, Justin, is a planner. Every night, we discuss our schedule for the following day. Every. Single. Night. This used to perturb me. I used to be more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of girl. Then, I married the planner.

His ways have influenced our children. They want to know what we are doing "in the morning" which simply means all day tomorrow. After they are given the plans, they usually respond with "That's our day!" as if the plans will go simply and smoothly. Yeah, right!

We try to stick to our plans because we know our kids love routine, but the unexpected happens more than my family likes. I often find that my relationship with God follows suite. There are times I have what I believe are the best laid plans for my life, and then He changes them in, oh, about a minute, sometimes less. Even though God's new purpose for me might ruffle my feathers a bit (now that I have the planning disease Justin gave me), I usually discover in time that God's purposes make my plans look juvenile. He always has a better way even if it's the most painful way at times. 

I'm so thankful for my two planners--my earthly planner, Justin, who keeps me on task from day to day and my heavenly planner who guides my family in the direction He chooses.