Of plans and rooftops.

Today, all of my building's elevators had a notice from management taped to the wall.

"The rooftop will be closed from 6:30-9:30 tonight."

I wondered why the rooftop was closed-we have a LOVELY view. I mean, seriously lovely. Why close it off? A friend of mine who lives in my building mentioned frustration at being unable to return home, because of a HUGE police blockade. We didn't know why, and it was a liiitle annoying, especially considering there was no explanation.

That's how our relationship with God is, sometimes. He puts blockades and announcements in our lives and we need to trust that those things have a purpose.  God has a plan, right?

Come to find out later, President Obama had a dinner meeting tonight, 476 feet from my building. This explains the closed roof, and the blockade around my building.

The structure on the right is my apartment building, and the one on the left is where the dinner was held.

Would it have been nice to know this bit of information earlier? Perhaps. But was there an intentional PLAN that I could not appreciate/see until after I had gotten home and checked my email that night? Yes.

I don't know where you're at with your walk with God. I don't know what you might be struggling with, or what season God has you in. I encourage you to live joyfully in the season in which you find yourself, and embrace the inconvenience you may experience, because there IS a plan. You won't always see it, and you might not know why something happened until quite some time afterwards. Just remember that there is always a plan.

"For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for well-being and not for trouble, to give you a future and a hope." - Jeremiah 29:11