Man Plans, God Laughs

This past weekend the end of the world didn't happen- for the second time this year, no less!  A local preacher told his congregation that the end of the world would be May 21, 2011.  Obviously nothing of  Earth-shattering proportions happened on May 21st.  The preacher claimed he had miscalculated and that the actual end of the world was supposed to be October 21, 2011.  Well, the world is still here- yay!  Now there's a cautionary tale if there ever was one- don't ever think you have God's plan figured out.   Jesus said we would not know the time or the day, just be ready.  Isn't that our call?  Be ready- God has a perfect plan for us, but we don't have the minds to figure it out, nor should we try to figure it out.  Someone once said, "If you think you understand God, you don't."  As stated in the Desiderata, "... and whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."  I know the Desiderata was not talking about God specifically, but it is true, none the less- God's plan is unfolding as it should.  All God asks of us (to paraphrase Micah 6:8 and the song, "This Is" by Liam Lawton) is to act justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with our God.