Count Down

I am sure most of us if not all of us have counted down to something. Could have been Graduation, Holidays, Milestone events, Maybe someone coming to visit, Going out with friends.

However it also could have been to bad or bittersweet like leaving a job you love either because you left or because your job closed, leaving home, maybe its a doctors appointment you have been dreading going to, maybe its not a set date your counting down to but something you know will come like when someone is on hospice or got a diagnoses that gives a “Time frame” of what time the doctors predict they have left.

Count downs are something that we use a lot. My kids love to use a calendar and count down to birthdays and holidays. I use count downs for a lot of things. Sometimes it gives me a since of time. other times it feels me with dread and anxiety. Just depends what the count down is for. I have several count downs going now between me and my kids.

Halloween, Yaya’s Birthday(My Dad) and Christmas are the main ones right now.

All of these things the good and bad can still be hard to handle.

Imagine for a minute you are Jesus. You know your whole life what is going to happen on Good Friday and at the Cross. Imagine walking into Jerusalem the Sunday before, Knowing what was coming at the end of the week. Imagine being in that garden that night. Imagine knowing that your death is just a few hours away.If I was Jesus it would almost feel like I am counting down the days to my death. What an overwhelming feeling that might be.

I know something I do for any count down is I am a planner. With my anxiety Planning and Preparing for everything I something I have overwhelming issues with. And like Jesus I have been know to ask God “If there is any other way” I have been know to try to convince God to go with my plans, Try to bargin or just flat out tell him hes wrong.

A verse that comes to mind for me is Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails”

Even when I plan and prepare for ever situation Its not going to make a difference. Gods plan is always going to be the one that happens. No matter what I am counting down for, No matter what is coming, It is always going to be Gods Plan.

Have the fun count downs. Enjoy them! Just remember the God’s Plan will always come through. Exactly how it should.