Looks like a fish. Moves like a fish. Steers like a cow.

That is a quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by the late Douglas Adams. He uses the phrase to describe a particularly nice looking spaceship docked at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. But it is also an apt description of a "planned out" life. It looks like everything will go smoothly, until you have to make a sudden change, and then it's nearly impossible to turn.

Fortunately, I have a couple of secret weapons for this. A good, loving family, and a God who knows the path better than I do. All I can really do is what I can, and leave the rest to God. I must be faithful and just accept that I can only do what I can.


God,
You are the Author and Perfecter of our faith. That's what it says in Your Word. I pray that you would write my faith stronger, and more consistent. Help me to have faith to know that even though I don't know what's going to happen, You do. Help me to make the sensible choices, and leave what I cannot change to you. You are a God of miracles, and I long to see one, now.

In Christ's Name,
Amen