It is the line that connects the problem and solution -- a process in resolving a problem. A perspective of what you want to do in the future. Initial planning is done personally but most of the time it is subject to change due to the third party involve.
What would be your reaction if what happened didn't go according to your plan?
Before Rhea and I got married, we already had flights booked to Vigan-Laoag, Ilocos, Cebu and Boracay but when we learned that Rhea was pregnant, with no regrets, we canceled all these flights and focus to her pregnancy. :)
During her pregnancy, Rhea and I agreed that when she gave birth will be living temporarily to her parents until such time that we're ready to move-in to our house. We asked our parents about it, and both have no problem. Praise God!
Finally, all were set. We have prepared everything, but a sudden change of plans on the 3rd week after Kiel (our son) was born.
Rhea felt the loneliness of being alone taking care of Kiel. I don't know if this part of her post par-tum stage, but I started to worry when she always cried to me every time I arrived home from work. Her situation was understandably tough. She could only wish that everyday is a holiday so that everybody is with her in the house. :-(
One afternoon we sat and talked about situation then gave her a suggestion. We will stay in my parents for awhile then eventually decide if we'll go back to her parents. Every night we prayed for it until she decided to agree to my suggestion. So we packed and transferred everything to my parent's house.
Almost a week now we're with my parents and Rhea is doing better. Praise God! :)
I always use the phrase "Only God knows" every time I talked about the future. Your present may be the pattern of your future but still "Only God knows." People sometimes tend to guess or foresee what's God plan is but as in the movie, theirs always a twists.
The unbeliever became His apostle. Acts 9:1-31
...For some days he was with the disciples at Damascus. And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God." And all who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the man who made havoc in Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?" But Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ. Acts 9:19-22
You can run but can never hide. Jonah 1 Jonah 2 Jonah 3
The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD. Jonah 1:1-3
Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Jonah 3:1-4
We can really never know about His plan, just as He did to Joseph...
He was betrayed by his brothers and sold him to Midianite then sold again in Egypt.
A tough life came to Joseph in his youth age because of how his brothers treated him.
Still, he didn't hold any grudges against his brothers, in spite of what they did to him.Instead when he became the governor of Egypt, he offered them food and shelter and told them that everything happened, was according to Gods plan.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.Genesis 45:4-7
Nothing is impossible with God that He can turn mourning into dancing, for it is according to His plan. There was a saying "Plan ahead for the storm may come." Indeed, plan is very important to our lives for this plan God will direct us.
I'm a person who always plan. Some unavoidable circumstances that this plan may change and as an initial reaction I really feel bad but eventually realizing that what happened is better than what I've planned.
Therefore, if what happened didn't go according to our plan; don't be mad and blue, remember that you're a Christian. There is it always light at the end of the tunnel. Trust God.
God's plan is the best plan. So, whatever your plans are, God has a plan for you? :)
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. Jeremiah 29:11
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28
Happy Sunday.
To God be the glory...
~ If this post somehow helped or inspire you, please share your thoughts in the comment section ~
Thank You and God bless.
No comments:
Post a Comment