One night, our HSA [medical secretary] was reviewing the sick call requests from inmates. Doing so, he was able to screen if there was someone who needed an immediate treatment, like suicidal inmates or anyone with serious medical condition that they never complained about when they first got incarcerated.
He came across a particular request. With words written in pencil, the request read:
“I have this fungus on my feet. Please treat me because it’s ugly and I need them gone when I go to the beach…”
“Was he kidding?” we thought as we laughed because of the fact that he wouldn’t be able to go anywhere and there was no beach in the jail that we knew of.
Checking his status regarding his incarceration, true enough, he would be a long time resident of the prison system. He was temporarily housed in our jail, only to be transferred to a state prison, so he could spend the rest of his sentence there.
In this life, there is nothing wrong in making plans. But it ends up leaving us frustrated and disappointed when we leave God out of them. There is no point in making plans as if God doesn’t exist. The future is in His hands.
Who knows what tomorrow brings?
James warned us, too from James 4:13-15 - “And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, “Today - at the latest, tomorrow - we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make a habit to say, “If the Master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.”
Verse 16-17 - “As it is, you are full of your grandiose selves. All such vaunting self-importance is evil. In fact, if you know the right thing to do and don’t do it, that for you, is evil.” [The Message]
Amen, put God first in your plans, and He will take care of everything. Great word sis, love you.
ReplyDelete"In this life, there is nothing wrong in making plans. But it ends up leaving us frustrated and disappointed when we leave God out of them. There is no point in making plans as if God doesn’t exist. The future is in His hands."
ReplyDeleteCan you hear my Amen shout to your statement above?! Amen!
Thanks for always sharing something good with us! Love and blesings.
That is funny about that inmate Rosel. Ha. At least he got your attention. :o)
ReplyDeleteRosel,
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this as too often times as we are making our plans, we have a tendency not to seek God while doing it to see if He really wants us to go!
Love and Hugs ~ Kat
This is so true. Plans without God are foolish.
ReplyDeleteSo true. We don't know what tomorrow will bring - or today for that matter.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't seen the elephant in my picture. Thanks for the tip. I think I see it.
Charlotte
Doing my best to keep GOD first in all our plans.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, andrea
And, His plans are always the best ones!
ReplyDeleteYou continue to amaze me with some of the stories you tell. In your job you see life lived in some of its most ragged moments. I wonder what was going on in the mind of this man. Was he ignoring his future, thinking it would turn out better if he just willed it so? How many of the rest of us do the same thing? Proverbs has verses about making plans, but trusting in the Lord, for the future is in his hands, as your post so ably attests. Good post.
ReplyDeleteA constant reminder for me! This is a great post. Thanks for sharing dear one.....
ReplyDeletePlanning is something that is necessary for our lives here on this earth and in our society. But, you are so right that we have to make sure that our plans are His plans. And, be ready and willing to change them if we took the wrong road at any point in our lives. His ways are definitely they only ways that have the destination we desire.
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