A Planner and A Faithful

I have a friend who is quite the opposite of me. Our differences have not put us apart, but have drawn us even closer.

I normally see her as the faithful one. She shows strong faith in God and total dependence on Him. She lives one day at a time, has no worries about tomorrow, and trusting that the Lord will take good care of her. On the other hand, she often refers to me as the worrier, sometimes the planner. She always points out that I worry too much and plan too much.

However, as I began to look back, I noted that the biggest struggles in my life were placed in the most unexpected time, places and people. The hurdles were beyond my forecast, my likely scenarios and unfortunately way beyond my control. I believe that most of us had or once will be placed in an uncontrollable situation. It may be a situation of having a terminal disease like cancer, a loss of a loved one, a declaration of bankruptcy, or simply suffering from a broken heart. But whatever it is, there will be a period of awful helplessness. You can try doing all things within your power, but nothing will ever seem to work out right until you are left with one last thing to do --- that is to “let go and let God“.

I guess nature has its way to put us out of balance, out of our comfort zones, and out of our control or maybe it is also God’s way to put us back in the right path and teach us that it is not us, but He who is in control. If we truly love God, then we must let him not only in our hearts, but also in control of our lives. We must acknowledge that He indeed is the greatest planner and we must act only as faithful followers.