The Steps Determined for Me

I am very proud of myself today, just so you know. I didn’t quite manage to climb out of bed until nearly ten, but in the last four hours I have balanced my checkbook and wrote my tithe check, sent out an important email, planned and submitted my ideas for our SSWA board meeting, straightened everything up (which, for me, also includes retrieving all my blankets and getting them back on the bed since I roll around enough to tear them off every single night!), and of course showered and dressed for the day!
Plans for the afternoon aren’t as thrilling. I want to finish ogling my vintage fashion book from the library. Happy sigh. I’m listening to the soundtrack from Beauty and the Beast (Broadway version), and I need to write five pages — that’s my goal. I also need to pay some attention to plotting a schedule for my mornings next year that leaves room for daily devotions and writing time. I usually do best when I get up the same time each day.
I’m almost done shopping I think — with the changes in my internship plans, I won’t need as many nice clothes, I hope anyways, but when you work with kids and teens it is usually a more laid-back dress style anyways. I need one good trip to Target and I should be finished, although I want to plan a really fun back-to-class outfit. Hey, unless I go to grad school, it’s my last first day of school…EVER!!! I am GOING to wear something great!
Well, it’s off to planning my next story. I think I’m going to take a break from novels for a bit, generate a few shorter stories and try to get my name out there in magazines and contests before resuming full-length work again. I do still need editors for my novel though — all interested persons welcome!
As a closing thought, I saw this verse on someone’s profile this morning, and it was a great reminder as I sit down to plan and sort out my life:
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” – Proverbs 16:9
Hopefully the controlling part of me can remember: I can will and plan what I may, but in the end my steps are determined for me, the Lord has already numbered my days.