I am a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes

Recently I spent a significant amount of time in structured goal setting as part of a Stay Well program. The goals came under various 'headings': Financial Goals, Work Goals, Social Goals, Personal Goals, Health Goals and Spiritual Goals (yes, you read that correctly "Spiritual Goals"). All my earnest effort quickly came unstuck after a time of being not so well. Yet again I have been shown that I am not in control. As a result, I have been thinking alot about the conflicting ideas of the 5 Year Plan vs Let Go and Let God.

Where does the balance lie? Thoughts? Comments?

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." James 4: 13-15

Where to begin???

So it seems that blogging is the new way to express oneself - and I'm all for that. I don't know exactly what I hope to communicate - maybe just the struggle of day to day life. That sounds so trite I know. But at the moment I find myself quite literally having to take things one day at a time.

I am holding on tightly to the promise of Revelation 21.
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

I'm not doing a very good job of trusting in that promise, but luckily it seems that God is holding on to me.