Apr 17 2008
a planned life can only be endured
I was bopping around YouTube tonight looking for videos of people who can talk backwards which I think is cool. In one of the links was this video of Millard Fuller. He was the founder and long time leader of Habitat for Humanity so I was interested. It is an odd and rambling little piece. But in a surprising twist, it presents a truth that I can’t get out of my head.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTYaRFYKo4[/youtube]
In his story it was the serendipity of life that led to this astounding relationship. I often feel the same way about my life. None of my plans for life have worked out. I am not doing what I planned to be doing, 20 years ago, or 15 years ago or 10 or 5. I have been making some plans lately that just encountered a major roadblock. And yet, in every place, in every moment there was plenty of God’s work for me to do.
Fuller says that “a planned life can only be endured,” but with a little trust a life of surprises can be a wonderful thing.
Are there any failed plans that you are celebrating today?
on the walk
-Ethan
Greetings Ethan,
Excellent blog and thank you for promoting Millards speech delivered in San Diego on “A planned life can only be endured.”
I’m picking Millard and Linda up at the airport today so they can participate in the first ever “Millard and Linda Fuller Earth Day Build.”
You can learn more about the event at http://www.earthdayblitzbuild.org
If you would like to learn more about the biography of Millard and Linda Fuller, there is a new biography out called “The House That Love Built” by Bettie Youngs.
It is available on our website http://www.fullercenter.org where you can learn all about our new Fuller Center Housing ministry.
Blessings,
Kirk Lyman-Barner
Director of Partner Development
Fuller Center for Housing