Reconciling Perfect Plans With Imperfect People

We all have a perfect plan for our lives that we’ve developed over time. Our fantasy is an idyllic world that we have constructed in our minds. Filled with images of beautiful families in beautiful homes in beautiful locations, we have arranged just the ideal life.

For me, it was to go to college, write books, have a happy family and live in a remote mountain retreat. Something went awry with that plan. I dropped out of college, wrote books nobody reads, saw family wander, and live in the suburbs.

I remember Bugs Bunny always talking about taking “a wrong turn at Albuquerque.” I too have taken the off-ramp to a different direction..

That’s why I am intrigued with a new book by Pete Wilson simply called Plan B.

The subtitle, “What to do when God doesn’t show up the way you thought he would” really should strike a note with all who are serious about faith because life never goes according to plan!

I read the interview Wilson had with Bonnie Gray at Faith Barista and was amazed at this straightforward truth – God can still use us, even when we deviate from ‘the first choice.’

Wilson says this, “We have an opportunity to choose intimacy with God over our circumstances in every situation.”

At every failure in my life, I’ve been tempted to stop living for God. “I failed me. I failed you. I failed my calling.”

But each time, God picks me up, dusts off the dirt from coat, brushes the hair back, kisses me on the forehead and tells me that I am still His and that He still, still, has a plan for me.

Who am I to say “no?”

What about you? Have you lived through a Plan B and lived to tell? Comment here.