Hope in Timing

     Our whole world is based on time. Time for appointments, soccer games, or shifts at work. Life is crazy and we only have 24 hours in one day. What about His timing?  Our Father in Heaven's timing, that is.

     I get so frustrated waiting.  When is life going to go like I want it?  That is completely the wrong attitude.  This week I have tried to look at time differently.

     Have you ever had something happen to you and you knew that it was supposed to happen?  I love looking at these things as tender mercies.  I remember moving to Provo.  I knew nobody and I was moving into my apartment.  I was taking loads upon loads of stuff  to my new place.  I had just worked 9 hours and I was getting really tired.  I remember saying a prayer, asking for somehow to have some help bringing my stuff in.  Out walks a beautiful girl.  She glowed and had such an amazing spirit about her.  She went and got friends and in 10 minutes I was done bringing my stuff in. Chance?  No. That was His timing. 

     Another kind of timing I want to share is the beauty of the non-importance of time. Each year my dad, siblings and I go on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. It's 100 miles and my favorite place on the earth.   No cell phones, no cars.  Just good company and the beauty that surrounds us.  Time is forgotten.  It's amazing.  For 5 days we forget about worldly stuff and concentrate on the wonderful gifts that our Father in Heaven has given us.

     I challenge everyone reading this to find hope in timing, to recognize the tender mercies in our lives and to forget about time for just a bit.  I promise you that you will find amazing things around you.