Assumptions on Future Events

   Back in 2008, when we moved back to St. Simons from our 3 year stint in Virginia, we decided to buy a condo. Our reasoning included the obvious no yard to take care of, but the condo itself offered easy access to the ground floor garage area, inside doorways and passageways that might accommodate  a wheelchair or walker. We were looking toward the future when all these things might well become necessary. 

   In the intervening years since 2008, a lot has happened. We thought we had it all mapped out and had taken care of the basic living arrangements. We made assumptions based on our limited view of the future, and they were the best we could come up with at the time.

   We still make assumptions based on what we know in the present. 

   For instance, since Mayre has had her brain-related mobility issues and one hand has basically quit functioning all together, we have assumed that I would be the care giver, and that it was a doable situation, especially with the living arrangements we had put in place. That has served us well, and we get along just fine.

   Twice over the last couple of weeks, I have come down with situations that caused me to struggle to get everything done for my wife. I was just not good for much of anything, but got by on the minimum care. Our assumptions that I would continue to be healthy, were stretched, and we wondered if we had assumed correctly.

   We all do the best we can, but new information keeps coming in that might cause some recalculation, and we need to be flexible enough to make changes on the fly.

   We can stand on the shore of the present, and we can assume all we can realistically see, but there is a wide channel out there, and the control of future events is not in our hands.

   Proverbs 3:5:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
    and do not lean on your own understanding.

   We don't need that future insight, just the Trust in the One who has it all under His control.

   He does not need to assume..