Plans

It is a good thing to schedule and plan. We count weeks then days until special events and vacations. Such was our exercise the past few weeks as we anticipated a brief trip to Arizona this week. Anticipation can either be thrilling or exhausting. But...it builds and grows until the realization of the event. Tuesday was a busy day, full of work and preparation for the next day’s departure. However, all our planning could not change what happened late in the afternoon.

Steve fell down a flight of stairs after a mid afternoon appointment. It was obvious that he had been hurt, and a trip to the Emergency room confirmed that he had a fractured left clavicle (collarbone). Wednesday, instead of boarding a jet, we were in the orthopedic surgeon’s examination room, looking at Steve’s x-rays. The doctor is hopeful that with a brace, sling, and time, the bones will heal without surgery. Steve is very sore and disappointed to miss the Barrett Jackson car auction. But, we are very thankful that his injuries were not more severe considering the distance of his fall.

We also were reminded that even the best laid out plans are subject to change. We are ultimately not in charge.

Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil.

James 4:13-16

We will trust in the God who sovereignly works in the midst of all circumstances. We pray for complete healing for Steve’s collar bone, and we give thanks that Steve was not hurt worse in his fall.

And...we hope that next January, Lord willing, we can travel to Arizona