Planning

How many times do you walk in your house and place your keys in the exact same location time after time? I always and I mean ALWAYS lay my keys on our microwave stand as I come in the house through the kitchen. That way, I know where they are every single time I need to leave. However, last night as I came into the house I was talking to Shane and didn't stop to put them in their usual location. As I rounded the corner of our bedroom I realized I still had them in my hand so I simply tossed them onto the dresser and walked back out.

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I finished up my normal nightly routine; cooking, cleaning, worked in the yard a little and then went on to bed. 5:30 came bright and early this morning as that alarm went off. Shane called while he was on his way to work to make sure I was up and before I knew it I was into my morning routine.

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I wasn't really thinking about much of anything other than "IT'S FRIDAY!" when the phone rang. The first thing I heard as I answered was "Uh, Lori, I, uh, just realized that you can't go to work today." It was Shane.

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"What?" I asked. I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about.

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"Um, I was emptying my pockets to go down to the line," (Shane works at Honda and you cannot have anything in your pockets while you are on that assembly line) "and as I pulled out my keys, I pulled your keys out too!"

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It took me a minute to understand what he was saying and I said "My keys are on our dresser. I laid them there last night."

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"Listen to what I'm saying!" he said a little stronger, "I have your keys with ME in Lincoln at MY work!"

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"Oh my gosh!" I exclaimed "How am I gonna get to work?"

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"It's about time you caught on to what I was telling you!" he laughed.

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How many times in our lives do "our" plans get messed up? How many times do we take a moment to realize that in that messed up plan life happened exactly like it was supposed to. Not because of destiny or fate, but because of God. Even if we think that God's plan is foolish, doesn't make sense or is totally out of our comfort zone, trust me, it is WAY better than any plan you or I could come up with. How am I so sure of that? Well because His Word tells us. "This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans..." 1 Corinthians 1:25 (NLT).

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God has such wonderful plans in store for us. Maybe it's a new job, or a meeting someone new. Maybe it's learning to serve him in a different way that we never even thought about. Or, maybe it's enjoying an unexpected "free" day at home. No matter what journey you're on, please know that you are on the exact journey that God has intended for you to be. It may be tough, hard to handle some days, hurt all the way to your bones, but in the end, He is in control and everything is filtered through His hands. Just because we don't understand our directions doesn't mean He isn't holding the map!