When things don't seem to work out the way you plan, God is still at work. Paul planned to go to Spain; it was certainly a good idea, but God had a better one and Paul landed in prison. It was there he wrote his prison Epistles---words that would last far beyond his short lifetime, and touch multitudes more than the small group of believers who were waiting for him in Spain. Listen, child of God: "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps" (Proverbs 16:9, NIV). Sometimes your disappointments are His appointments.
David said, "You . . . Scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe" (Psalm 139:16)
