Timing....

Timing... What is it about timing that drives us crazy. We are constantly thinking about how the timing will work out, what's the right timing, or how to create the right timing. Time is a funny thing. We fret over it. We plan it. We optimize it. We take pains not to waste it. We even try to create more of it. We spend lots of time trying to manage our time. But in the end, there are usually a lot of things about timing that we simply can't control.

As our family shifts into major transition mode again, moving from California to Indiana, timing is on my mind. How can we squeeze in all of the visits with friends and family before we leave? What's the right timing for transitioning our responsibilites with the Spanish ministry at church? What happens if our house in Latin America doesn't sell before we need to buy one in Indiana? How do we work out the timing between moving into a house, and buying the furniture for that house? What is the best timing for begining our ministry at the Tech Center versus our need to get settled into a new home?

We are doing our best to plan our time well, but much of our plan depends on things beyond our control.That is why I am glad that I serve the God that created time. I serve a God that is active and loving and caring and wants to provide for me. I serve a God who knows the timing and I have seen him do some amazing things with timing, bringing two parrallel paths together at just the right time.

So we are trying to not worry about all of the timing issues related to our move from California to Indiana and leave those to God. It isn't easy. We are a society that is obsessed with time. But in reality there is only one person in all of history who has ever stopped time (Joshua 10:13), and He is the one who is calling us to this new land of ministry.

Doug