Faith & Life
He Only Has Good Plans
What my son's college journey taught me about trusting
a Father who already knows.
Personal Reflection · Matthew 6:8
This was a tough few weeks.
My son has been working incredibly hard toward a dream: earning an appointment to the United States Naval Academy. Our whole family had been quietly picturing it — him in that white uniform, being whisked away on Induction Day for Plebe Summer, beginning something extraordinary.
When he found out he had been waitlisted, the disappointment was real. It felt, in that moment, like everything he had worked for had come to nothing. As his mother, watching that was hard in a way I did not have words for.
So I did what I do. I prayed. And the words I used were not particularly elegant:
"God, can't You help come up with a good plan for my son?"
The answer came back immediately, clearly, and with just a little bit of humor.
"I only have Good Plans."
Wow. Okay, Lord. I hear that.
A few weeks later, something appeared that had not even been on our radar.
My son received an acceptance to the University of Georgia.
If you know our family, you know what this means. My husband attended UGA and has been a devoted fan ever since. Our entire family has been born and bred Bulldogs, cheering for this school through championships and heartbreaks alike. And here was UGA, showing up not as a consolation prize, but as something that made extraordinary sense. Housing guaranteed for freshmen. An Air Force ROTC program. In-state tuition.
It was not the plan we had been picturing. It was better than the plan we had been picturing.
This is what Matthew 6:8 looks like in real life. Our Father already knows what is best for us. He already knows what will bring us closer to Him, what will shape us, what will open the right doors at exactly the right time. He is not scrambling to come up with a plan after ours falls apart. He had a plan the whole time.
He does not sometimes have good plans,
or usually have good plans.
He only has Good Plans.
Why do we ever worry, when we have a Father like Him?
Pray for me. I will pray for you. 🙏
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