Monday, November 29, 2021

Dear Young Christian:

“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go” (Psalm 32:8).

Do you ever feel like your plans are being continually thwarted and upset? You try your best to make things work the way you think they should, but things get frustratingly changed or cancelled? Sometimes I have felt that way, as I suppose we all have from time to time. The other day, I saw the following statement on a billboard outside a local church near where I live:

“Life is what happens to you

while you’re busy making other plans.”

Yes, we can make all the plans we like, but the Lord often changes them in a way that we can do nothing about. That is why it is good to make our plans with the prayer, “Nevertheless not my will, but Thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). Look to Him each day, and be thankful and content with what happens in your life, knowing that His plans are far better than any plans we may have.

Your Christian Friend,

Jim Hyland