1. Alarm goes off.
2. Roll out of bed (PS, if at night)
3. Crawl too door, check if its hot. If cold go out.
If hot, go out the window and call nine one one.
4. Help family. Meet at tall tree.
5. and YELL.
I think about this plan a lot. It's actually quite good (except we don't really have a tall tree). But it's a plan which has many floating pieces.
We think of plans very linearly. We do step 1, then 2, then 3....they follow in a course of action. That's the plan. But as I think about this very basic fire plan, I realize the focus is the goal. The goal of being safe. The emphasis is not on all the how's. So...the plan is whatever gets you to that goal.
For example, step 3 actually has two possibilities - both dependent on an outside variable. It's still a plan...it just is weaved together a bit more like a spiderweb.
The reason I think about plans a lot is because I often hear people say, "I know God has a plan," or "This must be God's plan...." Well, yes, God has a plan, but I think there are many, many forks in it...many variables which play upon one another.
God's plan is to bring about goodness, wholeness. God's plan is to usher in God's kingdom. That's the plan. Sometimes we are able to walk right through the door because things are going smoothly. And sometimes, we have to jump out a window, praying for dear life because everything is on fire.
Some of you may wonder, but what about God knowing the end result beforehand. What about God ordaining it all? I believe that too...just not linearly. God knows what the result will be because God's not going to rest until God's goal of the Kingdom is realized. And, I guess I think that time and space are a bit more fluid than we can conceptualize. Maybe God's beyond time? I don't know. That's another post.
Be Safe. Help your family. Love God. Pretty decent plan.
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