Change of plans

"In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Luke 1:26-28

On Friday, two-time 100-meter Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt withdrew from the Jamaican Olympic Trials after suffering a Grade 1 hamstring tear. Dubbed, the "fastest man on earth", this was certainly not how he envisioned the Olympic Trials to go. Although grade one hamstring tears are the mildest form of injury and the 29-year-old is expected to be able to run again by the end of the week, the interruption to his training was said to be a blow to his "plans" of retaining his Olympic titles. It goes to show that, in an instant, our best made plans can change doesn't it?

You know the bible is full of people who had plans. Joseph and Mary had "plans" to get married, start a family and live a normal, happy life. They started a family all right, but not the way they had planned. With one visit from an angel, Mary's best laid plans changed and her life was turned upside down. At that same moment, Joseph's life, whose soon-to-be-wife was now pregnant with a child that he didn't father, was turned upside down too. None of this was planned! But by trusting that God had a "plan" much better than their own, Joseph and Mary accepted their new circumstances and became the proud parents of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.

At some point, each and every one of us will deal with situations, days, months or even a lifetime of things that didn't or won't turn out the way we planned. But you know what? That's okay. It's okay because God has something better. As I've heard it said before, "Where you are today is no accident. God is using the situation you are in right now to shape and prepare you for the place He wants to bring you into tomorrow. Trust Him with his plan even if you don't understand it."

Heavenly Father, thank you for loving us so much that you would have plans for us much better than the ones we have for ourselves. When we don't understand them though, help us to have faith to trust you through it. And when it looks as if nothing good could come out of it, help us to trust you even more. It's in your precious name we pray, Jesus. Amen. 

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