"Got Plans?"

When I was counceling at a church camp one summer a church gave me one of their T-shirts that say on the back "Got Plans?" and on the front it says, "29:11"

Just to inform what that means: 
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a futre and a hope."- Jeremiah 29:11

A "declaration of the Lord" that I hold dear to my heart.

Plans are something we make every day.  I plan on going grocery shopping today, I plan on going to the bank tomorrow... i plan on going to college, I plan on getting married some day, I plan on traveling the world, .. my plans are to...

If I were to dissect my life, look at it every step of the way,... it is nothing like I planned.  I never became a marine biologist, I never married Jonathan Taylor Thomas, I never became a movie star, and I never owned a mitsubishi eclipse.  I am laughing at what I just wrote... those were my plans in the 5th grade.  I know thats a bit on the silly side but ...seriously... we hope...we dream...we think we know whats best...but things change... life happens..and God has much more in store.

On a more serious note:  I NEVER thought I would go to Russia, in fact that was one of the last places on earth I wanted to travel to, but I'm happy to say that I was wrong... and this is a perfect example of how...we make plans...but God has BETTER plans.  Now I look back on my time in Russia, and think, where would I be now if I DIDN'T GO to Russia?  God knew that it would help me grow, it would change my life, and I would meet some pretty amazing children of God over there.

What God has in store for me now, I do not know, but 2 things:
1.  I will continue to make plans and God will direct my path (Proverbs 16:9)
2.  I will not stay in the past, but look forward (Philippians 3:13)

For you and me:  Do you have plans?  I was having coffee talk with my grandmother the other day and said that all the things that have happened in my life, I would never take them back and God has definitely had "What is BEST" in mind, instead of "what is GOOD or PLEASURABLE".  I am thankful again and again that my plans constantly change due to God intervening.  Allow God to change your plans.. Call on Him, sit with Him, ask Him for wisdom, ask Him for contentment where your at, ask Him to strengthen your HOPE where you stand right now... cuz He ain't through with you yet... you are precious to HIM.