My biggest life lesson

I am a planner.  This is no secret.  I like to have a schedule.  I live by my calendar.  Lincoln and I have always had a plan for our lives.  Here are just a few examples of how God plans otherwise...

We planned to get engaged at Christmas '03 and get married August 7th '04.  

We found out we were expecting Hunter Dec. 12 '03, got married Feb. 28 '04 and had Hunter 2 days before our original wedding date.  

We planned to wait a year before starting to try for a baby.

We didn't try at all...and only had 5.5 months before Hunter was born.

We planned to have our children 2 years apart.

We got pregnant when Hunter was 8 months old and miscarried.  Then we got pregnant again "on time" and our daughter died.  Then we had to wait 18 months to get pregnant again, so our children are a little more than 3 years apart.

We planned to have 3-4 biological children.

We are adopting a child/ren from Ethiopia.

We never planned to have a child die before us.

God has taught us so many lessons through Claire's death.  We are much better people, spouses, and parents then we were before.

We never planned to live in St. James after we got married.

Here we are, and here we'll stay...

I would encourage you to not get your heart set on your life plans.  Rather, listen to God and His callings.  Go when He says go, and stay when He says stay.  God will never leave your side, even when you don't think you want Him there.  God has a plan for your life, and it's so much better than yours...if you'll just listen.