Plans and Realities

I've read this from Our Daily Bread (January-June 2008 edition) that was given to me by my Professor in Methods in Teaching. Thanks Ma'am Mapa ^_^
You need to read this. If you're quite disappointed and weary because what you've expected and planned doesn't happen, well this would definitely help you.

When I went to Moody Bible Institute as an 18-year-old, I enrolled in the pastors program. I could picture myself preaching and leading a church just as my home church pastor was doing. Then, after hearing about the five faithful missionaries to the Auca Indians who were tragically killed in Ecuador, I even considered dedicating my life to missions.

But God had a different course laid out for me. Through His clear leading, and in accordance with the gifts He had given me, I became a teacher, editor, and writer.

Most of us have had similar experiences. We think ahead and carefully work out a plan. We picture in our minds with great detail how our future is going to unfold. But things don't go as planned. Some doors close, while others open. If this happens to you, it may be that God has something completely different in mind.

It's good to plan and dream and think ahead. But we must always be open to God-appointed changes in direction. "A man's heart plans his way," Solomon wrote, "but the Lord directs his steps" (Prov. 16:9).

God will never mislead us. When we trust Him with all our heart, He will direct our paths (Prov. 3:5-6). His way is always best. --Dave Egner

Should mystery enshroud His plan
And our short sight be dim,
We will not try the whole to scan
But leave each thread to Him.
--Murray

Where God's finger points,
His hand will make the way.

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his way,
but the Lord directs his steps.