The Farm Wife Sagas

“You Plan… God Laughs.”

Ever heard that saying?

Have you lived it?

I’m pretty sure most of us have. It’s funny how we spend so much time making our own plans—thinking we’ve got it all figured out—only to look back and realize that God was directing the entire show all along.

Take this moment from my life…

It was 2018. My (now) husband and I had been dating for almost five years. If you know me, you know I love hosting our annual friends’ Christmas party—and that year was extra special. It was our first Christmas in our new home, and we were hosting for the first time.

We had a house full of our favorite people—friends from high school, college, and everything in between. There were games, drinks, deep conversations, and so much laughter. One of those conversations, as they often do, turned to marriage.

Someone casually asked, “So… when are y’all finally getting married?”

I laughed and proudly said, “Whenever KB (my best friend from high school) has a flower girl or ring bearer for me!”

At the time, she wasn’t even close to having a baby. In fact, not long after that night, she jokingly posted a photo holding my dog (my little Chiweenie) with the caption:

“Who needs a baby when you have your best friend’s puppy?”

But God…

Just a few weeks later, KB found out she was expecting the very baby who would eventually make me “Aunt Lin.”

And two weeks after that Christmas party comment—I was engaged.

I still smile thinking about that timeline.

Because what felt like a throwaway joke turned out to be the start of two beautiful chapters, written in perfect harmony by the One who’s always known how the story would go.

Now, as I sit and think about our future—

Are we going to have another baby?

Will VJ be an only child?

Will we stay in our current house forever?

Will we end up moving… or building?

All of these questions pile up, and before I know it—worry starts creeping in.

But then I’m reminded: In all of my planning, there is always a plan…

It just may not match mine. And that’s okay.

Because it’s moments like these that remind me how pointless our worrying really is. We stress. We plan. We obsess over timelines and expectations.

And God? He’s not worried.

He’s weaving.

So if you’re in a season where your plans feel delayed, detoured, or completely derailed—take a breath.

Your story isn’t off track.

You’re just living in the middle of God’s “I’ve got something better” moment.

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” – Proverbs 19:21