thoughts on the news of the day: plans

hmmm…..

            Want to make God laugh?  …… then, tell God your plans!

            This Sunday marks the last Sunday before Lent and it is traditionally the day when the story is told about Jesus going up the mountain and being “transfigured” into a bright being along with Moses and Elijah.  Turns out that Peter, James and John go along for the ride and plan to set up camp and hang out there for a while when they see the light and hear God’s voice.  Nice thought, but Jesus isn’t going for it.  Jesus sends all three of them back down the mountain. 

            Have you ever had a mountaintop experience?  By that I mean a time when you felt so close to God, when you were so aware spiritually, that you didn’t ever want to leave?  When that happens, we usually plan to stay in that mode and live there.  But it doesn’t happen.  God has another plan.  Usually we have to climb back down off the mountain and get busy once again with the work God has for us to do in the valley.  God has other plans for us, and they usually work out much better.

            Don’t get me wrong, it’s good to have a plan, to know where you are going, to see a path up ahead.  But planning is one thing, expecting results another.  My “plan” is to “plan” – but not plan results.  I leave the outcome up to God.  Well, most of the time.

            And still, sometimes, God laughs!

            hmmm…..