Change of Plans

How do you react when things don't go the way you thought they would? Last night, I was sitting on the couch with my wife and she casually mentioned that she was working the next day and that I had the kids. I groaned and whined and cursed. Because that was not the way I thought my day was going to go. My wife probably told me that I had the kids that day, but somehow, I had planned it differently. I didn't even mind that I was in charge of the kids, it was just the shock of getting used to something different than I had planned. It took about a half an hour for the tension in the living room to abate. All over a little change.

The day arrived and the kids and I had a great time. We went to Pizza Hut for lunch and asked each other trivia questions, laughing the whole time. We went to the beach and played. It was a lot of fun. And as I sat and thought about it, I wondered why I made such a big stinking deal about it in the first place. It turned out better than the way I had planned my day.

I find that I am that way with God many times, too. How about you? He initiates a change in my life, or things don't turn out the way that I thought they should and I'm kicking and whining. I'm fighting the change the whole time. Maybe it's a matter of control. But God says in Jeremiah 29:11 that He has good plans for us, so maybe I don't have to fight the change so much. It might turn out much better than I could have hoped for.