Said no one ever! That's not how the song goes.
It's snowing this morning. And the weatherman says it will snow tomorrow as well. So it seems we will be having a white Thanksgiving.
That's not exactly what I had in mind. In fact, this snow has the potential to interfere with my Thanksgiving plans. Depending on how much snow we have, we may or may not be able to drive down to Spartanburg tomorrow for Thanksgiving dinner with friends. And that means I may or may not have to rustle up a Thanksgiving dinner for two from whatever I can find in the pantry and freezer.
In the words of Robert Burns, "the best laid plans go oft awry."
Well, what he actually wrote, in his poem To a Mouse, was "the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley, an' lea'e us nought but grief and pain....."
But since your Gaelic is likely no better than mine, we'll just stick with the English. The best laid plans of mice and men do oft go awry. Certainly it seems that our well-laid plans for Thanksgiving may be in jeopardy.
And that just proves, once again, that we're not in charge. We're not in control of the weather. Or of anything else, for that matter!
God is in control. Of the weather. And of everything else. God is God. And I am not.
And for that truth, on this Thanksgiving Eve, I am thankful.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7 ESV)
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