Each person has a place in God's overall plan

Last night I was at an old classmate's son's wedding dinner. There were 5 of us at the function who were in the same class in secondary school some 45 years ago! We were then innocent 16 year olds. How we have all changed! Each of us had taken very different paths in life.

One of the girls has become a multimillionaire, owning a string of Chinese restaurants in the country and even one in London, has a successful legal firm, keeps a stable of vintage cars and is still single. Another is a Doctor, also a University V.C and has a title conferred by the King, married with 2 children. The third is a contented housewife with 2 children, one a doctor and another an engineer. The fourth has retired as a Human Resource Director of a large MNC, has one married daughter and 2 grandchildren and now owns a high-end boutique in a fashionable part of the city. Last is myself who has retired after 30 years in the civil service with 3 grown up children.

45 years ago we had not planned how we would turn out 45 years later. I suppose a person's circumstances are determined by an extremely large number of variables, depending on the laws of nature, his own effort, his merit, and his fortune. I suppose each person has a place in God's overall plan.