I’ve been disappointed in life, but I’ve never had too many regrets.”
–Peter Brandvold (Once A Marshal)
“Turn from evil and do good, and you will live in the land forever.”
“Turn from evil and do good, and you will live in the land forever.”
–Psalm 37:27 (NLT)
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I want to again say I’m sorry about not sending out an Echo yesterday, but sometimes life just gets in the way. I had cataract surgery and couldn’t see well enough to write. Much better today. We often make plans, and we should, but once in a while things get in the way of plans. Now this surgery was planned, but not being able to write was not part of that plan. I recall the words of Proverbs, “The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. (16:9, NASB).
It brought to my mind the poem by Bobbie Burns:
“The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley…”
Or to put it in plain English:
“The best-laid schemes of mice and men
Go oft awry…”
You may have planned to go see Aunt Suzy wanting a piece of her delicious cake. The car is packed, the kids are good, and on the way you have a flat tire. It was not planned, so you grumble and complain while fixing the tire. On the way you go again, then when you get to Aunt Suzy you find that she isn’t up to company–has the sniffles, plus she ate the last piece of cake. Life wasn’t what you expected, but it still goes on.
One thing we can be assured of is that God is with us. Once we have started the journey with the Lord toward our heavenly home, we know that He knows the way. We may fall, but we will not be hurled to our death. A rock may not cleave our head in half for He is holding on to our hand.
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the LORD upholds him with His hand.”
–Psalm 37:23-24 (NKJV)
Plan your way, but plan it within His will. Follow the way He has established for you. If we do that, we may find obstacles, but we will also one day enter into eternal life and live in the heavenly realm.
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I want to again say I’m sorry about not sending out an Echo yesterday, but sometimes life just gets in the way. I had cataract surgery and couldn’t see well enough to write. Much better today. We often make plans, and we should, but once in a while things get in the way of plans. Now this surgery was planned, but not being able to write was not part of that plan. I recall the words of Proverbs, “The mind of man plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps. (16:9, NASB).
It brought to my mind the poem by Bobbie Burns:
“The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley…”
Or to put it in plain English:
“The best-laid schemes of mice and men
Go oft awry…”
You may have planned to go see Aunt Suzy wanting a piece of her delicious cake. The car is packed, the kids are good, and on the way you have a flat tire. It was not planned, so you grumble and complain while fixing the tire. On the way you go again, then when you get to Aunt Suzy you find that she isn’t up to company–has the sniffles, plus she ate the last piece of cake. Life wasn’t what you expected, but it still goes on.
One thing we can be assured of is that God is with us. Once we have started the journey with the Lord toward our heavenly home, we know that He knows the way. We may fall, but we will not be hurled to our death. A rock may not cleave our head in half for He is holding on to our hand.
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the LORD upholds him with His hand.”
–Psalm 37:23-24 (NKJV)
Plan your way, but plan it within His will. Follow the way He has established for you. If we do that, we may find obstacles, but we will also one day enter into eternal life and live in the heavenly realm.