I’ve been mulling over this one. I have this list of thoughts and sayings that I have collected over time as I read them. They are saved for when I want to expand and expound on them. But I’ve been stumped for a week now. Here’s the saying that, on one particular day, really caught me and made me save it for later:
Trust the timing of your life.
I like the saying and I agree with it. How many times have you heard people talk about something working out with perfect timing in their lives? A house that finally sold? A job that you lost but only to turn around and get the best job ever? The timing of a vacation? The birth of a child? The arrival of a check in the mail? And in many instances, we may have been surprised by something happening BEFORE we wanted it – only to have it later feel like the timing was actually perfect. And there are many things we’ve had to wait for and they happened LATER than we wanted – only to find that the wait was worth it.
Some years back, my husband had taken a job in another state. I stayed in our current house with our special needs daughter until we could sell it and join him in a new house in the new state. Weeks went by and then months. Over a year later, the house still had not sold. We almost signed a purchase agreement on a new home in the new state when something nagged me in the back of my head not to do it. A few months later my husband accepted a job that had him back in our home. The new state was just not offering us what we needed for our daughter. To stay in our current home with the new job was where we needed to be. It was a long time to have the house for sale and to live apart. But if we had moved and/or had signed the papers on the new house, it was not going to be a good fit for us in the different state.
Another example:
A dear friend of mine and her husband were happy with the two children they had. It was not in their plan to conceive a child on the night before his scheduled vasectomy. Their third child, a daughter, was a blessing to all and became my daughter’s best friend.
Let’s take the story further:
This same sweet girl grew up to be married and bear her own child – a sweet little boy who looks just like his momma! What a sweet thrill for this girl to be able to become a mother and enjoy her son for two years before cancer took her home too soon to Jesus. God must have some real plans for that boy! And he is a blessing to his dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles.
Here’s one more:
My daughter had a car accident after stopping at a rural crossroads. There were cornfields blocking the view on all 4 corners. When she pulled out, a large pickup truck hit her. If the timing had been milliseconds different, she probably would have been crushed and killed. Instead, the crash sent her car spinning and she got out with some staples in her head and some abrasions.
Timing.
My how a few seconds can change things. And a few months or years can change things. But to TRUST in the timing of your life? So many times the timing DOES result in a good outcome, but many times it does not. The key word here is the TRUST part and to whom we give that trust.
I would like to change this saying, “Trust the timing of your life” to “Trust GOD’S timing of your life”.
Ahhhh … now it makes sense!
When good things or bad things happen, we often don’t see the whole picture right away. That’s because God CAN see the whole picture. And as a Christian, if you live each day with faith in Jesus Christ then you can trust that no matter what happens, it is part of something bigger, grander, more relevant, and simply a puzzle piece of a larger picture. We don’t always understand it at the moment. Sometimes it takes weeks or years to see the whole picture. And many times, we may never understand. BUT – to trust God’s timing and plan gives one hope to believe that He has the best outcome in mind.
Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
I don’t know how people who have no faith in God can live a full life. They can become so bitter and resentful when bad things happen in their lives if they don’t have the peace, strength, and hope of a future that God can show us and give us.
Trust God’s timing of your life 
just Laurel
ps If you’d like to read more about God’s timing in MY life, go to my previous blog from 2014 where I wrote about God’s perfect timing following the death of my daughter Amanda. Here’s the link for “part one” and it goes on for 5 posts.
http://justlaurel.com/2014/11/of-gods-gifts-and-perfect-timing-part-one/
Amanda, Perfectly Made: A Caregiver’s Journey
If you would like to read the whole story of Amanda, my book, Amanda, Perfectly Made, is available at Amazon as well as online at Barnes and Noble and other book websites.
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