God's timing

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

There is a time for everything,

and a season for every activity under the heavens:

a time to be born and a time to die,

a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,

a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,

a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

a time to search and a time to give up,

a time to keep and a time to throw away, 

a time to tear and a time to mend,

a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,

a time for war and a time for peace.


These verse could really be a good foundation for me to write about so much going on in the world today.  Yet at the same time, I want to escape some of those things as I write today.
Personally, I know that there is a time for everything and I know that I often have my own timeline for how I want things to happen.  Yet God’s timing is always perfect!

Yesterday, my 16 year old niece was supposed to leave to go on a mission trip to Haiti.  Unfortunately, a week ago, she fainted while at work, fell, cut open her chin and lost 3 teeth.  While at first, they were hoping she would still be able to go, on Sunday they talked with some missionary friends who are doctors and normally go on this trip however would not be on this particular one.  They were afraid she would not be able to focus on the work due to the pain she was still in.  And if she were to have further complications while there, she would not be able to seek the treatment that she really would
need.  

Knowing how disappointed she would be about this, they offered up something even better to her.  They are going back to Haiti in January for a medical related trip.  They offered to take her with them then.  Now the exciting part about this is that she is already taking classes through the local community college to go into the medical field.  

God’s timing is always perfect!

How have you seen his timing change your plans, yet really be the perfect timing?

Today I ask you to keep the group of kids that did go to Haiti in your prayers and I ask for prayers for my niece and her family.  Both of her parents are out of work right now and there is a long road ahead of medical bills.  Please be praying for the funds to provide her the proper care so she can have a full recovery without added stress.