Would Holy Spirit bring popcorn or doritos?

I wrote this a few weeks ago and forgot to post it. Still perfectly relevant to my life though... 

Proverbs 27:1 says this - “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.”

When I first read this, I wondered the meaning behind the use of the word "boast". So, I looked it up.* The word boast here means to brag, go on and on or show excessive excitement. I like The Message translation which says, "Do not brashly announce what you're going to do tomorrow..."

"Does this mean I can't be stoked to about my life, even the God stuff?" I don't really think that's what this is referring to. 

See, I am a planner. I like to be organized and set for the day(s) ahead. In my job, I like to plan menus days in advance so I can prepare food ahead of time. I like to know what needs to happen and at what time. I feel like this is a good way for me to operate, especially when dealing with other people's food.

In life, I am a planning failure. Let me rephrase that - I have made plans. They have frequently failed. I heard the saying recently, "People plan and God laughs." It's not that God's a jerk sitting up in heaven going, "Hey Jesus, watch this.. what is she thinking? Oh man... I hope she let's me step in soon." (I'd like to think that They don't make snacks and settle in to watch for hours as I make a mess of my life, though it is a funny thought to picture...) 

My parents often ask me, "Where do you see yourself in five years?" I hate this question. It's rather unrealistic. Five years ago, I would have no idea I would be where I am right now, nor would I have any clue as to all that I have experienced in my last five years of living. 


I understand that you need to have goals to motivate yourself and give some sense of direction to your life. But as I said, I have made plans. And they have failed. So, why do plans fail?

Some of them failed because God was not a part of them. They were MY plans. They would have never worked and I knew that all along. Unfortunately I am stubborn and hung on to those plans for much too long. C'est la vie... a temporarily very sucky vie.

Other plans failed and I'll never know why. I felt they were God plans... but even in the failure, I saw God. Again, c'est la vie.

I don't want to boast in the future. That is, I don't want to boast in my plans for the future. I want to place my hope in the One who has better plans for my life than I could ever come up with... plans, not to harm me, but to prosper me and to give me a hope and a future.

*If you're going to look into the meaning of words, phrases or passages of the Bible, I recommend using Blue Letter Bible. It's pretty enlightening.