So I have a friend who is having mid-life crisis type thoughts recently (okay, it’s me).  Heavy stuff like, “I know I could go any minute now and what have I really accomplished?”  Yep, heavy stuff like that.  Good thing it’s my friend and not me (okay, it’s me).

The thing is that these thoughts seem to linger, like a heavy meal late at night.  Something my friend has told me about (okay, it’s me).  Just buying a motorcycle or something wicked like that should shake me out of it, but I suspect not.  At least this is the discussion that I had with my friend (okay, that’s me talking to myself).

Well, in the mail today was a card for my son Ben.  He had his first Communion on Sunday and was happy to get a follow-up congratulations card in the mail.  Ben began to read the card aloud with the earnest voice of Third Grader.  “For surely I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord, “plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).

I listened.  I took a deep breath.  I calmed down.

Friend, it’s going to be okay (me calling myself “Friend,” that’s nice).  God has plans for you.  They may not involve a motorcycle, but rather a future filled with hope.  I’m guessing that is probably for the best and it certainly will all be okay.