Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. ~ Proverbs 19:21 (ESV)
The week before Thanksgiving in 2005 the screen on my laptop malfunctioned. Days turned into weeks as the technician sought to discover the problem. Eventually he would recommend that I get a new laptop rather than risk an expensive repair on the old machine. And so I was back in business a few days later. Would I have planned this scenario? No, I would have had my old laptop last forever without failure if I could. But this begs the question - What was the purpose of the Lord in my situation? Honestly, I don’t know. One might conjecture that perhaps I needed to learn patience. But this one thing I do know, God works all things for my good, even if I can’t always recognize his work at the time. This is as true for my petty frustrations as for the major crises in my life.
Have things turned out differently for you than what you had planned for yourself? If you entrust yourself to God then you can at least be assured his purpose for you will stand..