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My plans I plan my trips quite carefully, working with AAA maps, suggestions from friends, and MapQuest in order to have the best route. I type my itinerary and print it out, so I can refer to it as I drive: "North I-25 to Buffalo, WY," said the first day's plan. "Camp, Buffalo KOA, exit 299, just past I-25's joining with I-90." That way I always know where I am, and where I'm going. Now I've added Tomi (my Tom-Tom GPS navigator) to my trip-planning arsenal. I type in the city or address where I'm headed, and she keeps me updated on forthcoming turns, potential concerns along the road ("ahead, stay left; then go straight on"), and how many miles I still have to go. Yesterday, however, I had a new experience. Usually I have precise directions to Sumas, where I generally cross into Canada. However, I hadn't copied those from last year's visit, and my instructions from Shannie in Canada started with, "Cross at Sumas as usual and ..." So, at a rest stop just south of Bellingham, WA, I looked at the map, shrugged, and asked Tomi to get me to Sumas. Which she did, though not by the route that seemed most sensible on my state map. However, I gritted my teeth, put the map down, and followed her directions. Wending my way along country roads, I had some doubts, I will admit. There was some comfort in having a big semi on my tail; surely he was going to the same place, eh? So I set my doubts and intellect aside and let Tomi tell me where to turn, when to bear to the right, and so forth, until ... ta da! I saw the sign that said, "Sumas: Canadian Customs." We had done it! How similar, I said to myself later, is that experience to walking with the Lord as my guide. Generally, when I know about what I'm going to do, He leads me or helps me along the way. If I get pig-headed and go off on my own route, He gently guides me back, just like Tomi does. When I'm just trying to do His will and not think about it, I get nervous, have doubts, check for confirmation other places. And yet, the Lord knows what I should be doing. If I would just obediently follow His directions, how much better off I would be! In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. (Proverbs 16:9)
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