I am a planner. I'm not too extreme, because i really like to be relaxed and have a "go with the flow" kind of attitude. However, when it comes to major life decisions, and my future, I really like having a plan. Planning helps me put what is in my mind, on paper. It helps me feel secure and motivated. Although planning is great, not all my plans actually work. Like many others I have made plans just to find out that it isn't what God wants of me at the time. And, like many others, that is sometimes hard for me to deal with. How does this all relate to the New Testament? Well, in Act 16, Paul and company are on a mission. They keep  planning the areas they are going to preach, but these plans aren't exactly approved by the Lord. 

 6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

 7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

So, Paul kept making new plans and inquiring of the Lord for where he should go. He then received a vision telling him to go to Macedonia. THIS is the cool part. He IMMEDIATELY left. The reason this is so cool for me, is that Paul didn't sit there and mope about his past endeavors. He let it go. He moved on. Too often, I hold on to my past plans, and what I wanted my future to be, when I should really let go and allow God's plan for my future take hold. He knows better what will make me happy, and what will help me to become the person I need to be. So that's my advice to myself this week, and I guess forever. Let it go. Give it to the Lord and move on.