Tag: intentions

Many are the plans

Posted on by Olaf

It has been said that our plans amuse God!   We can all certainly think of plans made at different stages of our lives that have come to nothing and perhaps seem foolish or naïve in retrospect.  Compare the innocence of lambs which have no plans to those which litter the graves of every human being!  Does that mean to say that it is wrong to plan?  Have we not been given brains to weigh up options, consider priorities and find the best solutions to problems?  It is the direction and motive behind every plan that is of greatest significance.  Is the goal solely to satisfy self, even at the expense of others or perhaps in some way to have disregard for God’s ways?  

  • ‘The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile’ – Psalm 94:11
  • ‘Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails’ – Proverbs 19:21

INTENTIONS

Posted on by Olaf

‘A garden requires patient labour and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfil good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them’ – Liberty Hyde Bailey

Did it ever occur to you that the Bible begins and ends with a garden?  Adam and Eve were able to walk with The Gardener, God himself.  For a time, the best intentions thrived throughout creation in the garden but things fell apart when the best intentions were not followed through.  Fast forward from Genesis to Revelation and you come to a beautiful garden where trees are constantly bearing fruit and even the leaves of the trees bring healing.