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Today's top comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.

Well, a few months ago, my wife bought me a first edition copy of the personal memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.

Pretty amazing that this man who led in such a difficult day in our nation's history wrote his memoirs and I have a first edition copy of it.

So she gave it to me and I was like, man, I'm too scared to read this.

Like, I don't want to open it up in all the pages to fall apart, but I got to look at the front page.

So I just kind of creaked it open and looked at what's the first thing that this man chose to write.

In the very beginning of his memoirs, begins with the quote,

man proposes, but God disposes.

What that means is we may come up with our plans, but it's the Lord who determines our steps.

And he wrote, there are few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

And in saying that, he's not saying we don't make decisions, but he's saying there's a different hand that moves the course of history.

And we may make our plans, but it's the Lord who prevails.

And here's the fascinating things. It's that same quote. He didn't come up with it.

It's been quoted throughout history and it was quoted to Napoleon by one of his generals.

On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was feeling confident.

He had more cavalry than the English. He had more guns and bigger ones.

He was feeling good. So he told his generals, hey, let's go ahead and destroy the British before tea time at two o'clock, shall we?

And as he said that, one of his generals warned him, man proposes, but God disposes.

And Napoleon said, he responded, no sir, Napoleon proposes. And Napoleon proposes.

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