Best Plan: God’s Way

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Best Plan: God’s Way

by Karla Smedley

Ilike to be in the know! I dream of my future, whether it be the events of the current day or the upcoming years. I enjoy designing what’s to come.

Plan A: My Plan, Ideal Target

In my mind’s eye, I see how my day will play out. I rise, I dress, I forge ahead. I strive to move toward my target. Then life happens. When I am distracted and forcefully navigated in a different direction with the world’s twists and turns, I am left frustrated and confused because my mental perception of what I wanted gets delayed.

Plan B: My Back-Up Plan, Let Down, but Keep Trucking

I tweak my course of action for a better chance of success, beginning to diagram long-term details for my life, desiring to be in control of my future. The day is foggy with interruptions, so I visualize the month, the year, and even decades ahead. And without even realizing, I have created an expectation of what lies ahead. At times, I act like a fortune teller in my own life, creating and forecasting through my own crystal ball. I know that life takes perseverance, so I press on. Again, developing my idea of what is to come. Wouldn’t you know it, life happens again. I seem to be even further from my goals. The envisioned masterpiece in my mind becomes dented all the more. Tired and a bit weary, I pick up a hammer and try to bump the indentions back in place. the bed and pull the covers over my head. Life can just happen to me; I am too tired to try anymore. That is my Plan D—no plan at all! Que Sera Sera; whatever will be will be. The world is in control of my life. Like a sky dance, that inflatable tube advertising wacky waving thing, I will just flail around, getting slapped in the face as life comes at me! What’s the point? Then suddenly as I am flailing . . . God allows a wind of wisdom to slap me across the face! I remember . . .

God’s Plan: Thriving, Not Just Surviving

What am I trying to do? Live my life – doing it my way? Don’t misconstrue my words, I believe it is actually good to think ahead, to be prepared. However, we must

Plan C: My Back-Up for the Back-Up Plan, Deflated and Struggling to Survive

I now handle my quest with tunnel vision. Droning forward, I have become obsessed with acquiring my desired vision into reality. All the while, the uncompromising stomps towards my target may cause me to miss something around me. stay in fellowship with God and allow Him to guide us with His intentions for our life. How do we do this? Prayer. Ask for forgiveness of sins and guidance. He will take us by the hand and lead us through life, if we will allow Him. “Lead me in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. Make your way plain for me to follow” (Psalm 5:8).

Plan D: I Give, Simply Flailing in the Wind

It’s time to wave the white flag. Throw in the towel. The uncontrollable is too much. It’s time to climb in

About The Author

Karla Smedley lives in Dalton, Georgia, where she has taught 5th through 8th grade for the past twenty-four years. She is a member of Emmaus Baptist Church and has two grown children. She enjoys singing with the praise team at church, and she writes a Christian blog, Smorgasbord of Sisterhood, with her cousin Donna.