"The greater truth is that when God disrupts our plans, He maybe trying to accomplish His plans that are far better. They are far more fulfilling plans in which He calls us to become participants and not mere observers."
I jotted this down a couple of months ago (and forgot, unfortunately, to also write down where I heard/read it...so my apologies to the original source!) because it really resonated with me.
Anyone who has spent more than a couple of minutes with me knows that I usually have already formed a plan in my mind as to how I'd like to do something/see something done, where I'd like to go, etc. I love to collaborate with others, but I usually have a sense for what I'd like to see happen.
God likes to remind me, however, that I'm not the one in control. That it is His plan, not mine, which will come to pass. This can be frustrating. I, like most Americans, want it my way, and I want it when I want it. I'm doing better than in the past. I'm more flexible than I once was. I am better able to adjust to spontaneous change of plans (like having a truck driver delivering pallet of toys to my office tell me that not only will the pallet not fit through our door, but he can't get his super-sized truck in our parking lot, is parked with blinkers on busy Bethel Rd, and results in us re-routing the delivery to my garage where we by hand unloaded and stacked the pallet in my a-typically empty space).
He and I are in the middle of a tug-of-war right now regarding my June trip to China. I have a plan. He does, too, and they're not completely in-sync. I'm sure that at the end of June, when I look back at how this trip and team came together and served, that I will see a plan and result far superior to what I could have orchestrated on my own. In the meantime, I'll do what I usually do and dig my heels in, pretend I'm in charge, and then let go and let it happen as He intended the entire time.
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