It's All Part Of The Plan

My life seemed to be going as I had planned. I was a junior in college, had a job, a car and a girlfriend. I thought I had it all figured out. That was the summer of 1986. Then one morning, just before I woke up, I heard a voice say as clear as a bell "In 6 months you will get a girl pregnant, drop out of school and get married - but don't worry, it's all part of the plan"

I sat up in bed and thought to myself - NO! I've got a plan. But apparently someone had a better plan, I got her pregnant, dropped out of school and married her and well after that I told her about the voice. I often wondered who's plan it is, I guess now I know it was mine from the beginning, I just had to get out of the way and let it happen.

For our second child, I just looked at her and said "You are pregnant now; another boy..." - not what she wanted to hear that night but we had talked about it.

For our third child, I awoke around 6 a.m. and heard a voice say "If you want to have a girl, tonight is the night..." Again, clear as a bell and to the point with nothing further needing to be said. I rolled over and told my wife what the voice said. My wife was still asleep. She kind of woke up and said, "If you want to do it you don't have to make up stories, and besides I'm in the middle of my 'can't get pregnant time anyway'..." She is Catholic and practiced their method of birth control.

I said "I'm just telling you what the voice said, you think about it and we'll discuss it tonight..." 9 months later our daughter was born.

I've heard the voice a couple other times since then. One time I was leaning into a truck at work fixing the carburetor when it came up behind me and said "You are about to be fired, but don't worry - it's all part of the plan..."

I was fired, but I found my new job down the street two hours later which is the one that led me back to college and my engineering degree and this and that and now my current job. Someone sure laid out a good plan, I sometimes find it hard to believe the only bad times came when I thought I knew better and veered of course - but hey free will.