I sat down to do some sewing this afternoon. I was moving right along when suddenly there was a funny clunk and my machine made a strange whirring sound. Not a big problem, I always have spare needles. A quick change and I’m on my way again.
Except that my machine still doesn’t sound quite right and then the thread breaks. *sigh* When I take my material out to see what’s going on, this is what I see – a mess of thread.
*sigh* Long ago, I made a rule that I would not put my sewing down when I had to rip something out to go on. I would just dread going back to work on it and end up putting it off. So, I dig out my trusty seam ripper and rip out the seam. While I’m rethreading my machine, I notice that it’s pretty fuzzy inside from sewing a lot of fleece so I clean it out. Finally, I finish sewing the seam and quit. I can come back to it later and it’s ready to go on to the next step.
Life can be like that. You think you have something planned out – you know how you’re going to handle a challenge that you know is coming and then WHAM life throws you a curve. Something you didn’t see coming, something you don’t know how to handle and your plan seems so small now. But, you can’t quit. Life goes on and you need a new plan. Maybe you can revise your original plan and maybe you need a whole new plan. Regardless, you need to check in with the ultimate planner first! Sometimes we make plans and never pray about them first. We just figure out the best way to do something and go with it. What if God has a much better way? After all his ways are not our ways and experience says that God’s way is always better!
Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,
declares the Lord.
9As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”