It was the first day back to school; that day that looms in our heads weeks before it actually arrives.<\/p>\n
Now I don\u2019t know about you, but I love September. A fresh start, new goals\u2026it\u2019s the fall version of New Year\u2019s.<\/p>\n
After a restful and enjoyable summer, I was ready to take on the busyness of the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n
Little did I know what was in store.<\/p>\n
As a commuter, I always have this fear that my car will break down. So far, I\u2019ve been lucky to escape this misfortune.<\/p>\n
On this beautiful, sunny, first day of school, however, my car lights began to flash, and within minutes the engine had completely died. Being the wise person that I am, I jumped out of my car to see what was wrong.<\/strong> <\/span>The door swung shut and at that very moment decided to automatic lock.<\/p>\n There I was, shut out from my broken-down car in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n Now clearly, this was not in my plan. As I sat by the side of the road with a useless vehicle in 30C weather, I felt frustrated, annoyed, and weary.<\/p>\n You see, I love to plan. I love to make lists. I love to have organization in my life and know what my day is going to look like.<\/p>\n However, I\u2019m finding as I get older, there seems to be a new trend happening. I faithfully plan my life, giving in to the temptation of believing that everything will go smoothly. Then, my perfect plans get interrupted by life\u2019s \u201csurprises.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A bit na\u00efve, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n The truth is that, as much as I don\u2019t want to admit it, life is brief and more fragile than I realize. Planning is, of course necessary, but the sin of presumption is in the assumption that I\u2019m in control. That\u2019s a bit of a mouthful, but I realize the simple message is that when you plan your life, be prepared that it may not end up how you imagined.<\/p>\n In the end, the breakdown was really not such a big deal. A faithful husband came to my rescue, an experienced mechanic took care of the car, and I enjoyed a nice long walk through the Abbotsford countryside.<\/p>\n The reality is that\u2019s life. None of us, including me, are immune to these daily annoyances. It\u2019s when the big things happen that I need to trust and believe God knows what He\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n It may not always be that simple though. This past year had challenges that I never knew I would face. Watching my father battle a severe stroke for the last four months has put a spin on how I look at my life plan. Plans are great and organization is wonderful, but life is going to get messy and it\u2019s going to at times feel unfair. I\u2019m sure I can hear a few resounding \u201camens\u201d in agreement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I can certainly plan my course, but the Lord will establish my steps and circumstances are going to come up that might feel unimaginable. No matter how well I plan, I will always end up where the Lord wants me. Even if it seems unfair or wrong at first.<\/p>\n As I embrace the uncertainty, I now look at it as opportunity to trust and see what the Lord reveals to me on this roadmap for my life.<\/p>\n Side Note: <\/strong>I smartened up and got BCAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was the first day back to school; that day that looms in our heads weeks before it actually arrives. Now I don\u2019t know about you, but I love September. A fresh start, new goals\u2026it\u2019s the fall version of New Year\u2019s. After a restful and enjoyable summer, I was ready to take on the busyness […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":6589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,35],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-6580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growth-mindset","category-secondary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6580"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbotsfordchristian.com\/insideout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=6580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}My New Life Trend<\/h2>\n
Annoyances Happen<\/h2>\n