the plan

we went for a drive last night,
talked about what's next for our little family,
ate milk shakes as we perused through neighborhoods
searching for our dream house.

will this valley become our home?
where will we be in one year?

in five years?

i always cringe when making "the plan,"

and sometimes i can't help but laugh as others around me tell me their plan

down to the very month, date, and hour.

i was once naive enough to think my plan was THE plan.

this- where we're at now-was definitely not my plan.

as we drove, talked, and ate,
we watched a storm roll in over timp,
an incredible pillar of light shining through the black clouds,
and i felt faith that this is God's plan.
where we are now,
the way things have happened,
and what has led us here
were all things that we never expected, but
 thankfully He knows better than I.

my plan is happening just as should.