In life and in ministry, we like to have things planned - and we tend to be most comfortable when we don't deviate from those plans or traditions. But time and again, I have seen God do some "spectacular" things . . . in ways I wouldn't have anticipated . . . especially when things unfolded in a different fashion. God works in the lives of people in His way and in His timing . . . sometimes THROUGH what we have planned, and sometimes OUTSIDE of what we have planned. The lesson learned here is: God's wisdom, power and perspective are so much greater than my own, and He is always able to come up with "the best ever." As tough as it may be to loosen our grip on the controls, He can be trusted to come through . . . even when things don't go as planned.
it's a vague question our kids seemed to ask all the time when they were little...and it was RIPE with possibilities. life is kinda LOADED in that way, isn't it? sometimes it's serious, sometimes it's messy, sometimes it's challenging, sometimes it's surprising, often it's humorous...and it's a blast to journey with the ones you love...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
When Things Don't Go As Planned...
"That's not how it was supposed to be!!!!" "That's not how we thought it would turn out!!!" How are you at handling that sometimes unsettling feeling when things don't go as planned? Some free-wheeling, fly-by-the-seat-of-their-pants people may read this and think, "Planned? What is this strange word he uses...'planned?" Others on the other end of the spectrum may have started to tremble with an uneasy feeling in their stomach and cold sweats after simply reading the title of this post. Wherever you may find your personality falling in relation to these descriptions, we have to admit that life is like this sometimes. Planned or not, things tend to sometimes happen in ways unexpected . . . like 4th of July fireworks in San Diego ( by the way - the greatest city in the world...discovered by the Germans in 1904 ). The "Big Bay Boom" as it is now called can be seen in all of it's ( brief ) glory by clicking the play button below - WARNING: it's really loud - turn down your volume first.
One would assume that the company that was in charge of the celebratory pyrotechnic show had carefully planned things out . . . dotting "i's" and crossing "t's" . . . but things went in a seriously different direction when a signal that was supposed to simply set the timing of the fireworks caused the entire show to be launched in about 15 seconds - rather than 25 - 30 minutes. Thankfully, no one was injured . . . and what seemed to be a "not-how-we-planned-it" disaster, ended up turning into a "spectacular" phenomenon that has been talked about more than any other fireworks show in the country. You may have noticed an onlooker calling it "insane" ( in a good way ) and another calling it "the best fireworks show ever!"
In life and in ministry, we like to have things planned - and we tend to be most comfortable when we don't deviate from those plans or traditions. But time and again, I have seen God do some "spectacular" things . . . in ways I wouldn't have anticipated . . . especially when things unfolded in a different fashion. God works in the lives of people in His way and in His timing . . . sometimes THROUGH what we have planned, and sometimes OUTSIDE of what we have planned. The lesson learned here is: God's wisdom, power and perspective are so much greater than my own, and He is always able to come up with "the best ever." As tough as it may be to loosen our grip on the controls, He can be trusted to come through . . . even when things don't go as planned.
In life and in ministry, we like to have things planned - and we tend to be most comfortable when we don't deviate from those plans or traditions. But time and again, I have seen God do some "spectacular" things . . . in ways I wouldn't have anticipated . . . especially when things unfolded in a different fashion. God works in the lives of people in His way and in His timing . . . sometimes THROUGH what we have planned, and sometimes OUTSIDE of what we have planned. The lesson learned here is: God's wisdom, power and perspective are so much greater than my own, and He is always able to come up with "the best ever." As tough as it may be to loosen our grip on the controls, He can be trusted to come through . . . even when things don't go as planned.
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