Reminders about God and HIs Timing

Ecclesiastes 3:11 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”

Today is a dreary, damp day.  However, I can look at these pictures and be reminded of how beautiful the last two days were.  The weather was perfect for hiking, walking, bicycling, picnicking, you name it.  There were about four different times on yesterday in the midst of my crazy, busy day, and long list of things to do, that I kept telling myself that it was time for me to take a walk, stretch my legs, decompress, get some fresh air, and just bask in God’s goodness.  It was also a day of struggles with perfectionism trying to reign, and me talking myself down, taking deep breaths, and reminding myself, “Rest in God. His grace is enough.  God will give you the grace to get the things done that you need to get done, and then everything else is tomorrow’s grace.”  My mind and spirit knew this.  However, the trauma started talking, and wanted me giving in to the overall shaky feeling that my body was having.

I took three books to the train station library, and then grabbed one to bring home.  My new rule is that if books are coming in, some have to be going out.  When I left out of the station, I decided to do what I had been planning for two weeks now:  take pictures of the flowers.  After taking these pictures, I decided to walk to the beach, and the water was absolutely beautiful.  Of course, I couldn’t just enjoy the view.  It was so pretty out, that I had to take some more pictures.

As I walked home, eager to do my last thing on the “To Do” list, I heard the screech of a door behind me.  I jumped.  Someone called my name.  It was a friend of mine from my Mom’s group, who happened to see me walking past as she was talking to her children.  She invited me to have dinner with them, and then I walked on home afterwards.  God’s timing is perfect.  If I had gone to the beach any earlier or later, I would have missed this fellowship and blessing of dinner.  I also needed the reminder from God to slow down, and take a deep breath, and really, truly smell the flowers.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings!

Katina