In Isaiah, we read that God's ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts; His understanding is beyond ours. We're also told a man makes plans the Lord directs His steps.
Plans are important for if we aim at nothing (no plan), we may hit it every time.
However, sometimes our best laid plans fail. Circumstances change, new information arises and what we had planned to do, we can’t do.
So, what do we do then? We could tap in to the "do nothing strategy" or
Maybe what we should do is pray Reinhold Niebuhr’s Serenity Prayer.
It goes like this…
"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen."
Embracing the journey,
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