Plans Can Change
We had planned our week to include the family getting together, and going to Raleigh to attend a funeral for one of our senior’s family. All seemed to be going as planned until Wednesday when my dear husband became sick and was admitted to the hospital. All the plans and events were placed on hold.
I was reminded in the scripture about a couple, Mary and Joseph who no doubt were preparing for a different life until everything changed for them. We find in Matthew’s gospel chapter 1 where the Holy Spirit appeared to Joseph in a dream and changed his plans. No doubt he planned to take Mary as his wife; they would have children and be like any other ordinary, Hebrew family. But God had a different plan for their lives. Mary, this young girl probably never dreamed she would be the one to carry the promised Messiah, and Joseph may not have considered, he would also figure into God’s plan to be the earthly father of the Messiah.
We sing a beautiful song at our church through this season,
“Jesus, Jesus oh, what a wonderful child. Jesus, Jesus so lowly meek and mild. New life, new hope, new joy he brings. Won’t you listen to the angels sing? Glory, glory, glory to the newborn king.
Today, we can rejoice in the words of this song due to a couple who were willing to have their lives and plans changed.
Sometimes, we can be resistant when the Lord changes our plans to accommodate his plan for our lives. But thank God, Mary and Joseph were willing to surrender their plans to accommodate the will of God not only, for their lives but for all who would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
- Pastor Thomas & Carol Johnson
I was reminded in the scripture about a couple, Mary and Joseph who no doubt were preparing for a different life until everything changed for them. We find in Matthew’s gospel chapter 1 where the Holy Spirit appeared to Joseph in a dream and changed his plans. No doubt he planned to take Mary as his wife; they would have children and be like any other ordinary, Hebrew family. But God had a different plan for their lives. Mary, this young girl probably never dreamed she would be the one to carry the promised Messiah, and Joseph may not have considered, he would also figure into God’s plan to be the earthly father of the Messiah.
We sing a beautiful song at our church through this season,
“Jesus, Jesus oh, what a wonderful child. Jesus, Jesus so lowly meek and mild. New life, new hope, new joy he brings. Won’t you listen to the angels sing? Glory, glory, glory to the newborn king.
Today, we can rejoice in the words of this song due to a couple who were willing to have their lives and plans changed.
Sometimes, we can be resistant when the Lord changes our plans to accommodate his plan for our lives. But thank God, Mary and Joseph were willing to surrender their plans to accommodate the will of God not only, for their lives but for all who would come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
- Pastor Thomas & Carol Johnson
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