Peru Mission Trip: Best Laid Plans

The day started out early. The alarm I set was for 4:25 a.m., but as is often the case I woke up quite a bit beforehand. Last minute things around the house, pack the car, and head on. Half our team met at one house at 5:00 a.m. to head up to the train station, the rest met us there. Finally we ended up in Reagan national airport. Thankfully security was pretty simple, no issues.

But you're probably not concerned with every minute by minute detail, are you?

I'm noticing that today has been a little bit of auto-pilot. At least in terms of the going about this place or that. I suspect that won't be the case as the week goes on, but it certainly feels like that when traveling.

But as I sit on this first flight, I want to give you some, I don't know, glimpse into the deeper things surrounding me, the others, and what we are about to embark on.

The truth is, I can't. I really don't know what the following days will entail. I know we have a plan, but as I have recently and often learned, plans don't mean a hill of beans.

If you told me a year ago that I'd be heading to Peru, I'd say you're nuts. Yet, here I am. That's just one example.

And, yet, here I am. It's a little surreal actually. And maybe that's why the auto-pilot. I'm not sure.

But, I have to trust. That word. You've probably noticed a pattern if you've read many of my blogs, that trust in God can be a fight at times. And in so many areas.

And so our plans and that trust can sometimes clash. I certainly have plans, but do I trust them in the hands of this great God who has brought me to this moment in life? How about you? I'm sure you've experienced those moments of doubt. If not, congratulations! But I think all of us believers have in some form or another struggled at moments with this very thing.

To close this out, I think of something that happened to Paul in Acts 16:6-10. He had plans, good plans, but was redirected to better plans. Kind of ties in to what I wrote about with my Montana trip. Plan for one thing, but recognize that God may have other plans. I believe He does put desires into our hearts, I really do. And sometimes, He directs us to better plans.

Anyway, I hope that helps you some, but I have another flight to board!