Our little systems have their day; / They have their day / and cease to be; They are but/ broken lights of thee, / And thou, O Lord, / art more than they. —Alfred, Lord Tennyson, from In Memoriam.
Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.
Luke 12:18-21 (NIV) 18 "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."' 20 "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' 21 "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."
Christianity Today, Vol. 40, no. 7. Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "PLANS".
