Life Can Turn On A Dime

I like to write this blog at the Country Bean coffee-shop with a vanilla latte, but the weather has not cooperated, so, I am writing this in my living room with a Coke. Life can certainly turn on a dime! After many winters with minimal snowfall, it seems we are making up for it this year. I had big plans for this new year. I always look forward to a new year with fresh goals and new beginnings. I had some great goals (I still do) that I could not wait to share with our church on the first Sunday of the year. A snow storm hit Saturday evening and I shared the goals with a handful of people. Another storm hit Wednesday evening and so just another handful of people at church. So far this year, very few have been able to make it to church. I totally understand though. I don't want anyone to get hurt trying to get to church. My point is, life can turn on a dime. Our best laid plans can get sidetracked. I also had some plans to paddle this winter whenever the temperature was above 32. We're having some of the coldest temps in many years. The temperature is 8 degrees as I write, and Hillsdale Lake is 100% ice covered! Life can turn on a dime. We (I) need to realize that God knows best! The Bible says, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths". We should plan, but realize that God has the option to change those plans anytime He sees fit.