The best laid plans.......

Seems to be the beginnging of a famous novel, which forever I have thought is was Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, and much to my utter amazement, the quote "The best-laid plans of mice and men/often go awry,"is taken from Robert Burn's poem, To a Mouse. but I have already digressed, .........

my plans for my Saturday were abruptly altered at 0300 or there about this morning, when our little guy awoke crying about his ear hurts! "mommy alarm... he has been swimming in the pool and on the waterslide alot the last week or so, so that probably explains it!! I medicated him, prayed over him, and tried to go back to sleep! Sleep was successful for a couple more hours, Tylenol is a great medication! to the Er or not, that is the question.... well after a few hours of contemplation we opted for the ER at 10:00, arrived there and waited.....waited.......waited...... and then we waited some more. In all actuality we were home in 5 hours, not too terribly bad, especially considering that we took both boys, Stephen has been complaining about his ears hurting, and quite honestly I thought it was from swimming as well so I have been treating him at home with swimmers ear stuff, all without much relief.

So, as my wonderful hubby would say...BLUF..(bottom line up front) both boys have ear infections, however Stephen's ear has an inner ear infection, oral antibiotics, and Jacob has an outer ear infection, drops for an antibiotic. So all that to say, my Saturday plans were out the window, which causes me to wonder.....

How often do we make plans and wonder why God doesn't just "let" us do what we wanted to do, instead of first consulting Him before we even make our plans, we plan, then consult while wondering what we did wrong. Do we make our plans for HIS GOOD PLEASURE; To Glorify Him? obviously my plans were changed today, I pray that I did what God wanted me to do, I wonder if I wasn't place at the ER for an opportunity to glorify Him, and I hope I did what I was supposed to do!! I pray that God found pleasure in my actions today, all day, and everyday!

"It is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure"
Philippians 2:13

Just in case you wondered, I planned on working today, I do contract work at home and today was my day... guess not!!