Plans

Hello folks today im going to talk to you about plans. What have you planned for your life? Since this is the start of a new year, why don't you just think about what you've planned for this year. See im not a huge believer in planning out your life or your year, or even your day. I would like to go ahead and apologize in advance for the numerous spelling and grammar mistakes that i know i will make. Anyway back to plans. I think plans are like blueprints for your life, but if we want blueprints then why don't we just build a flipping house. Life is loose, so if we have tight plans we are going to miss out on some amazing things. People call me ADD which could be true, but i would like to think of myself who doesn't want to miss out on a single thing that life has to offer. I know that you are all probably thinking "But isa, if we don't plan we wont be prepared!!!" Im not saying that you should have no vision or drive or anything in your entire life planned out haha because you should, but at the same time ive met people who know exactly where they want to go to college, exactly what type of guy they want, all their spring break trips for the rest of their life. THATS RIDICULOUS!!! I think that we need to have a general direction of our life, but then leave it up to God. Jeremiah 29:11 says "For i know the plans i have for you declares the Lord, Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future." So even if we do plan something, God has the ability to change it in a second. Plans are going to break. People these days have their heart set so much on what they have planned, that when it doesnt happen it leads to such disappointment. My favorite movie in the entire world is Dan In Real Life, if you havent seen it im not your friend anymore (totally kidding), there are two brilliant quotes in this movie. The first is when they plan to go bowling, but then the bowling alley is close haha the main character, Steve Carrell, then says "Life is full of disappointments." But seriously. Life is rough, trust me i know. There are sometimes i just sit and my room and cry, no judgement, and i think to myself "was this apart of my plan?" Normally the answer is no. I've decided that i am done planning, because honestly it doesnt do any good. Think of some times in your life that were super amazing and incredible and you cant even explain it!!!! Were any of these moments exactly planned out? Odds are no. I totally went off on a bunny trail here (is that what that's called?). Back to my second quote, which is where i got the idea of this blog name. At the end of the movie where everything ties together for Steve, he says "plan to be surprised." Yes. Thats exactly what ive decided to do. Im going to tell you a really weird story, actually its not that weird. Last summer i was at schlitterbahn with my dad, my sister gabby, and a family friend braydon, We all went on this thing called like "crazy river" or something like that haha. When you first enter "crazy river" it immediately sweeps you off your feet in a "crazy" strong current. At first we were all fighting with the current, grabbing on to the walls or anything that would keep us stable. It was not fun at all. It was more like a death scentence. Then Gabby was like "just let go!" so thats what i did. I found that once i finally released the walls and stopped trying to fight the current it was 10000000000 times more fun. Thats how i feel about life. Give up my plans and let God handle it, besides thats his job anyway. I know some people wont agree with me, but hey this is the internet :)