In this day and age, everyone is always rushing. Rushing to get to work on time. Rushing to get to class. Rushing to get to the store and rushing to get home. Places start rushing to put out Christmas stuff before Halloween costumes even hit the shelves. Everyone is always running around, never taking the time to just sit and be in the present.
When we need something, if we turn to God and pray about it, no one ever asks for things to be done in His time. They want instant gratification. They want what they want, and they want it now. We fail to realize that God's timing is everything. Yes, He listens to each and everything that we ask and pray for, but that does not mean that He will give us what we want in the time frame we wish.
God has a plan for each and everyone one of us. He knows how our lives are going to play out, He knows who will remain in our lives and He knows who will be left behind throughout the different chapters of our lives. We should trust in His plan and just pray to Him that the plan goes accordingly. We have got to stop constantly rushing around.
However, sometimes God's timing sucks. No one can ever truly understand why things happen the way they do, and we usually tend to accuse God and ask, "Why?" Why did He not help us pass that hard biology class? Why did He not let things work out with that boy that we liked so much? Why does God take people out of our lives too soon? Why does God let the bad things happen in our lives?
Just recently, I lost someone who should not have left the world so soon. Until the day I die, I will never understand why God decided it was time for Cameron to come home to Him. I remember applying for jobs and camps for the summer that I would consider to make my summer perfect. The majority of the things I applied for did not work out, and instead, I became a nanny for a local family. The pain I felt when I found out one of the children passed away from an accident a week ago was indescribable. I was so unbelievably angry. He was an amazing kid with such a bright future ahead of him. So why did God choose him? Why did his journey on Earth have to end so soon? I don't have the answer to these questions, and I doubt I ever will. It doesn't make any sense to me. But, what I do know is God's timing is everything.
I look at the bigger picture in my mind. Maybe I never got some of the things I wanted so that I was forced to go down the path that led me to babysit Cameron. Cameron was an amazing kid. He had a smile so big that you could not help but smile too. He, as well as the rest of the kids I babysit, brighten my day every time I hang out with them. They are all so fun and lovable and unique. They make going to work one of my favorite things to do and they make my life a much happy place.
I can't understand the way God times things. Most of the time, I just roll with whatever life throws at me. Therefore, I learned it is best not to question God's timing. It is best if you pray that God points you down the path you are supposed to go and pray that He walks beside you the entire journey. It is best if you find the positive in every situation, good or bad, that gets thrown your way. It is amazing when you realize that God knows you're going to be OK, and that He already has the next part of His plan lined up for you. It is comforting knowing that He will not let you fall, but even when you do, He will help you get up again. It's wonderful to know that while we do not understand why things work out in the time frame they work out in, God already knows that we are all going to have awesome lives if we just stop to smell the roses and trust in Him.
Stop rushing. Trust the timing. Everything will fall into place.
