Do you have Plan?
March 9, 2026
Hello Friend!
Picture this. I'm on the floor under a large blanket that's been draped over my bed and a bedroom chair. Frankly it isn't a very well done setup because I'm having to use my head as a tent pole and it's getting pretty warm under all that bedding. But my four year old grandson thinks it's just fine, and he's running this adventure.
Logan is sitting across from me with a serious expression on his little face, looking at me and saying with great urgency, "Grammy, what's our plan? We need a plan!". He occasionally glances down at the much folded piece of paper he's holding, our current map of the situation. (In reality it's the password cheat sheet that my husband keeps by his side of the bed to keep track of all our streaming service logins. But for today, it's a very important map).
At this point I'm beginning to feel some real concern. Somehow I have to come up with a plan. Now granted, the goal of this plan is to find and trap the spooky ghost that has hidden itself in the playroom across the hall and defeat it once and for all, a task that is dear to Logan's heart. He absolutely hates spooky ghosts. The problem is, every time I come up with what I think is a great imaginary trap, Logan wants to know what happens if the ghost "busts out" and escapes. Hmmmm.
In the end we successfully subdued the ghost (somehow) and moved on to other games that morning. But it made me realize how much importance we place on having a plan, a strategy, a picture in our mind of what should come next. Do we have a plan? Is it a good one? Is it in tune with who we are and what we believe, or is God rolling his eyes at us? And do we even need a plan??
In my experience, no matter how hard I try, my plans always get a little fuzzy around the edges when I put them into play. But maybe that's the mark of a good plan, the ability to shift a bit, to pivot if you need to in order to achieve the final goal. It's a thing to keep in mind, especially when the ghost "busts out" and forces you to run in a different direction. Remember, you're playing the long game, and in the best stories the good guys always win!
