Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Proverbs 27:1, TLV

What a difference a day makes.     So the saying goes. Our future may appear one way as we lie down to sleep and completely change when we open our eyes. Our eternity is guaranteed, and that’s about it.

As much as we try to tightly control our lives, ultimately, we are not the lords of our season on this earth. We are the stewards of what is given to us.

Does that mean we shouldn’t make plans? Of course not. Most of us have a myriad of responsibilities. Plans help us with the dental appointments, reports, job interviews, kids’ clarinet lessons, grocery lists, and so forth.

What we must remember is to hold those plans lightly. There’s an old Yiddish adage: “Mann Tracht, Un Gott Lacht.” Which means: “Man Plans, and God Laughs.”

So, when our plans inevitably go awry, we set our heart and mind to trust that our Heavenly Father has the real plan. We pray and praise through our disappointments and fears — as best we can (and I’m talking to ME, especially) — then take the next step.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.” [Jacob] James 4:13-15, TLV

Perhaps we should incorporate more “Lord willings” into how we plan and how we communicate with others. And remember too, that being aware that our Father holds our life and numbers the days until we’re with Him. As in He can’t wait until we’re home.

“So teach us to number our days,
so that we may get a heart of wisdom.”  Psalm 90:12, TLV

Indeed, ultimately, we all want His will in all we do. And that’s the best plan of all.

May we trust in GOD’s will and His plans for us, my friends.

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