The Beautiful Spirit Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 3

H

ow often I think I deserve to plan
my days! I make my calendars
and my lists to fit the agenda that I think
is best. I pride myself in accomplishment.
What greater evidence of productivity and
purpose is there than a completed “ToDo” list? Or is it really that great?
A few months ago, God reminded me
that He is in control of all my time. One
afternoon on the way to an appointment,
my husband and I received a phone call
that my in-laws were two hours from our
house. Since they live about eight hundred
miles away, two hours was too close for
not knowing they were coming.
My appointment was a blur as my mind
raced to recall the condition of the house
and what food was in the refrigerator! We
arrived home with only a ten-minute lead!
A frantic tidying had the house ready for
my impromptu guests—it looked nothing
like the deep cleaning of a planned inlaw visit. After nearly thirty-six years of
marriage, did it really matter?
Whatever I had planned for the weekend
was irrelevant with our unexpected
guests. The Lord reminded me that these
dear parents would not always be with us.
How long will we share the memories of
such times together? No one knows. What
a precious, unexpected gift God gave us—
days with those we love.
The Lord reinforced His control of my
time with another divine interruption
the day my in-laws left to go home. My
neighbor had completed a course of study
that had added months of class hours to
her