James 4:13,14
Something I do a lot in my life is plan. I make plans all the time and then plan more
plans for how to get there. I have plan
A, plan B, and plan C with several possible plans for each of those plans. Before I travel, I print out maps and decide
what I want to do and the different combinations of how I could do each part of
what I want to do. Simply creating a
lesson plan for teaching one class generally has a few backup plans or just a
different route I might take towards the same objective. In the end, despite my
"flexibility," I am still planning my future for today, next month,
and next year.
Yet we are cautioned against this. Yes being prepared has it's place, but that
shouldn't be our focus. You may know
just how you are going to live your life so that you have wealth and stability
by a certain time in your life.
Something to remember is that in our lives, we really don't
know what is going to happen tomorrow.
Whether good or bad, stuff happens that change the course of
history. Personal and global. When compared to the rest of the universe,
your life seems but a simple blink of an eye.
Lasting a moment and then gone as if it never happened.
Before you protest that you are a human and truly important,
I will confirm that you are right and priceless to God. However, a blinking eye is also important and
without the ability to blink then we humans would be miserable creatures. Your eye thanks you for blinking. But one blink isn't going to make a big
difference. You blink a lot in your entire
life. One blink out of all those
blinks... one life on Earth out of all that the universe holds... is just a
"vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."
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