So, here I sit blogging in a hotel a couple miles from home. Why? Because our house had a sewage back up and now it smells like an out-house, a port-a-potty, a pit-pot. Not good. It smells like that little building you try to avoid when you go camping, but you always must visit.
Not only that, it is a health hazard. That is even worse than the smell. Even the microbs they spray to kill all the germs is harsh on sensitive lungs. We were in the house for a half hour gathering things to bring to the hotel. By the time we left, we all had headaches and stomach aches. Not good.
But there is always something to learn in life's little challenges (and this is a very little challenge compared with the trials that so many are going through.) I believe that my title of this blog is what I am needing to learn, trying to learn. I need to hold my plans with open hands.
I don't think there is anything wrong with making plans. We must make plans or we will lie in bed all day and simply waste away. But, I need to hold these plans with open hands--letting the Lord bless them or take them or change them as He sees fit for my own good. Now really.... Do I want to proceed with a plan that He sees fit to change? Do I want to cling to something that the God of the Universe deems wrong for me today? Am I so proud that I think I know better than He? To be honest...yea, most of the time--I really like my plans. Really I do! That is why I made these plans in the first place!
Thus, I am learning today to hold my plans with open hands. Here I sit, while all my plans are changed. I have a choice to make: Do I get mad and point my finger at God and tell Him that He doesn't know what He is doing? or...Do I trust Him and go with the new plan that He has obviously arranged just for me?
Well, today I am able to hold open my hand. I pray He will give me the ability to do the same tomorrow and the day after that as well.
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