My thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways.
—Isaiah 55:8
We know how the situation should be handled, so we set out to handle it.
When it becomes obvious that we can’t handle it, we put in a call to God and tell him how to handle it.
Don’t get bent out of shape if he has other plans . . .
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways . . . As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts (Isa. 55:8-9).
Talk to him. Plead with him. Even argue with him.
But above all trust him. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths” (Prov. 3:5-6).
When things seem to be falling apart
they may just be falling into place.