When I began this week, I had a plan and that plan included a green 1999 Dodge Dakota. On Tuesday afternoon, that plan changed as I heard the snapping of my transmission and had to coast to the side of the road 1/4 mile from my home. 1/4 mile that was walkable, but still required a $75 tow (money that I had budgeted for another plan). My truck is in the transmission shop now, I'm grounded and dependent on rides, and not sure I will have the money I thought I would to get the repairs done.
Time for plan B
I've been thinking about the concept of plan B since a friend brought it to me a couple weeks ago. In the circles in which I run (I'm a pastor by trade) there is always talk of ideals. The world should be more loving, kind, and just because that is what God intended. No one would argue that the world has some jumping to do to get over the bar, but our fights come when our concept of ideal starts to stretch out to how people live their lives. Issues of divorce, remarriage, sexuality, etc enter into the dialogue; causing division in our own Christian faith and in the culture in which we live.
John Lennon said "life is what happens to you when are busy making other plans". I feel this phrase reflects the heart of God. Any good parent has a picture of what is desired for a child. One works hard at creating a world where those plans can be nurtured and grow. I would add that any good parent also gives room for a child to make decisions...or even mistakes. Sometimes those choices set the child on a course that the original plan just doesn't fit.
Time for plan B
Plan B isn't a lesser plan, it's just a different plan. Maybe Plan A was less complicated or easier, but it didn't work. See, life isn't about what the plan looks like, it's the goal. Are we getting where we want to go? Are we loving? Are we moving toward justice?
Plan A was tried. It didn't fit. It didn't reflect our heart. It didn't honor who we were made to be.
Plan B is all about it.
Jesus is a Plan B. No one needs a savior if Plan A is working.
I'm all about Plan B.
I'll let you know what happens to the truck.
Time for plan B
I've been thinking about the concept of plan B since a friend brought it to me a couple weeks ago. In the circles in which I run (I'm a pastor by trade) there is always talk of ideals. The world should be more loving, kind, and just because that is what God intended. No one would argue that the world has some jumping to do to get over the bar, but our fights come when our concept of ideal starts to stretch out to how people live their lives. Issues of divorce, remarriage, sexuality, etc enter into the dialogue; causing division in our own Christian faith and in the culture in which we live.
John Lennon said "life is what happens to you when are busy making other plans". I feel this phrase reflects the heart of God. Any good parent has a picture of what is desired for a child. One works hard at creating a world where those plans can be nurtured and grow. I would add that any good parent also gives room for a child to make decisions...or even mistakes. Sometimes those choices set the child on a course that the original plan just doesn't fit.
Time for plan B
Plan B isn't a lesser plan, it's just a different plan. Maybe Plan A was less complicated or easier, but it didn't work. See, life isn't about what the plan looks like, it's the goal. Are we getting where we want to go? Are we loving? Are we moving toward justice?
Plan A was tried. It didn't fit. It didn't reflect our heart. It didn't honor who we were made to be.
Plan B is all about it.
Jesus is a Plan B. No one needs a savior if Plan A is working.
I'm all about Plan B.
I'll let you know what happens to the truck.
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