I'm not really a planner but I did think that I had this year planned out. I would go travelling for the first half of the year and get an understanding of what is out there and then come back home, relax a bit and then get a job. The first bit of my plan went well but then I hit a bit of a bump. A pretty big one in the fact that I haven't got a job. It's been some time since I came home (over a month now) and the only work that I have done is write a dozen cover letters, some responses to selection criteria and some shifts where I worked while I was studying. Then today I got an email saying that the job interview that I had on Monday was unsuccessful. Yep. A big bump in the road.
But then, when things don't go according to plan it's when we realise that God's plan is so much more amazing than ours could ever be. We are held in His hand and his plans and those plans are amazing. Nothing happens to us without the will of our heavenly Father. He controls everything. So instead of worrying about your plans and how they are turning out (or how they aren't) we should put everything in the hands of the Lord. It was a good reminder to have that today. The Lord is in control and his plan is amazing.
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22
