I have spent the past few days trying to resolve an issue with my Apple ID on my iPhone.
As of this writing it is still not resolved.
I was chatting online with “Support” at Apple and the “consultant” I was typing back and forth with realized after a few minutes that my problem was above his “pay grade.”
He politely typed into the “chat box” that he would be transferring me over to his supervisor who would call me by phone. After a couple of minutes of patiently waiting he informed me that his system was not working properly to transfer me to his supervisor.  He then offered these words…
“Guess that’s the story of my life, nothing really pans out as I wish.”
Seeing God At Work Everyday
Where were you fifteen years ago today?
On September 28th, 1998 where were you living?
What was your occupation?
Who were you married to?
How many kids did you have?
How was your health?
What were your plans?
What were your hopes and dreams?
Answer the same questions for
Where were you ten years ago on September 28, 2004?
Where were you five years ago on September 28, 2009?
Where are you today?
Has anything “panned” out the way you wished or thought that they would?
How do you feel about how life has turned out thus far?
I am reminded of this great verse …
We can make our plans,
    but the Lord determines our steps. (Proverbs 16. 9 NLT)
Are you comforted by these words or terrified by them? Or somewhere in between?
I know more people whose lives have not panned out the way they thought they would versus the number of people whose lives turned out exactly the way they thought they would twenty to thirty years ago. (or even five years ago for that matter)
I also know a large number of people whose lives have offered to me great significance and incredible spiritual purpose for the sole reason that their lives did not pan out the way they thought it would or wished
What does that say about our lives?
What does that say about God?
Here’s my take…
I’ll take care of the pots
and
I’ll let God take care of the “pans.”
SeeingGodAtWorkEveryday
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
David@seeinggodatworkeveryday.com
ps – I would love to hear from you on whether or not your life has “panned” out the way you thought it would…
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