All In God’s Time 

   “But do not ignore this one fact, beloved: with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.” (2 Peter 3: 8) 

   Time is a human construct; it is not of God.  God is eternal and time has no meaning in eternity.  In God’s eyes all is now regardless of our calendars and day planners.

   Sometimes the things we dread and wish we could put off happen far too quickly in our estimation.  At other times things we greatly desire seem to take forever.  While we may never know what it is in this lifetime, there is a purpose to God’s plan,  All we can do by questioning it is to create anxiety and frustration within us.

   And yet we are sometimes blessed to experience the plan of God for us in such a way that there can be no doubt about the timing or the truth that God’s will is at work within us.  In my mind, those times fall into the category of miracles.

   St. Paul reminds that, “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has the human heart imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” (1 Cor 2: 9).  That phrase often seems to speak to all that awaits us not in this life, but in the life to come.  But I am convinced that it can also apply to the joys and blessings that God has in store for us in this life as well.