GOD'S PERFECT TIMING

When I was 13 or 14 I was outside playing catch with my little brother who is six years younger than me. Because he was young and hadn't been playing baseball very long, we decided to use a tennis ball so it wouldn't hurt as bad if he got hit. Well, I was throwing him "pop flies." I would throw the ball as high as I could and as far as I could, and he would catch it. It was a pretty simple game. Anyway, on my last throw of the day, I told him that it was going to be the highest and the farthest ball he'd ever seen. Of course he believed me 'cause I was his older sister. Anyway, I wound up to throw the ball and then just let it fly.

Now, I was standing in-between two trees. Not once throughout the whole time we were out there had I hit one of the trees, but all of a sudden, thump. I had hit something. As we stood there waiting for the ball to come down, I look out towards my brother and there is a sparrow falling from the sky with a tennis ball not far behind. I had killed a sparrow with a tennis ball. That is something not even the greatest MLB pitchers in the world can lay claim to. Talk about timing.I'm sorry if the story above disturbed you. It did me, too, at the time, but I couldn't help but laugh at the whole prospect of me hitting a bird in mid flight with a tennis ball that I had just thrown up in the air. It was totally unbelievable.

There have been times in my life when God's done things at just the right time. I remember after I graduated college that I didn't have a job in my field for six months and I was stuck selling shoes at a local store just to make ends meet. Don't get me wrong, I was grateful for the job, but I had just got done spending $10,000 for my education and I was selling shoes. At the end of that six months there was a week where I couldn't even look at anyone without crying. I'd cry myself to sleep every night, and wake up every morning with my eyes big and red. It was not a great time in my life. Finally, I just prayed, God, I've had enough. You've got to help me 'cause I can't take it anymore. At the end of that week, the lady I had done my internship with called me and offered me a job on the spot. God new what I could take, and he knew I couldn't take much more.

There have been other times when I haven't understood what and why God was doing what he was doing, and there are some things I still don't understand, but I just keep going back to my story above. Now, I know that you're probably thinking it was just a coincidence that I hit that bird, but I think that I was meant to hit that bird (as wierd as it sounds) and tell this story to you all. God's timing is perfect. The only question we have to ask ourselves is: Do I trust Him enough to let him handle everything in my life?

Lord, I believe, but help my unbelief....God, I trust that you're going to work things out, but I so struggle with it at times. Help me to trust in You with everything and know that You're going to work it out in your own perfect time. Amen.