Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.

• Proverbs 3:5-6

“A church once sent a man to spend two months as a volunteer at Mother Teresa’s mission in Calcutta, caring for India’s sick, poor, and dying. He left on his mission with great joy – the trip was a dream come true.
“Standing by a luggage carousel in Bangkok, forty hours later, he felt anything but elation. Somewhere between South Korea and Thailand his luggage had been ‘misdirected.’ Nerves worn raw by sleeplessness, he collapsed into a nearby chair and wondered, Was this trip a mistake? He felt as lost as his bags.
“As his eyes wandered around the walls of the lobby, which was mostly empty owing to the late hour, he noticed a row of clocks on…