Day 35 - God's Perfect Timing

        I was running late for a meeting because I had accidentally dropped my cell phone in the gym and had to go back and find it. I hurried to the car and pulled out of the parking lot headed for the church.  On the way I saw 8 deer run across the road and it was breathtaking.  A group of 3 and then another group of 4 a couple of seconds later followed by a huge buck.  Beautiful, but I was in a hurry.  I got to the other side of the road, and a police officer was sitting there with a speed trap, slowly and carefully I pulled through the intersection.  I got onto the road I live on which is in a residential area so the speed limit is 30mph.  I know this isn't all Jesus-y and stuff, but I speed, yes I do, I admit it.  Driving 30 mph on that nice wide beautifully paved road is about the hardest thing in the world, especially when I know I am running behind.  I do NOT like being late for anything!  Wouldn't you know it, but I got stuck behind a pick up truck driving EXACTLY the speed limit and not one mile per hour over!
        I fought the temptation to fuss and grouse because I know that whenever it happens that I am stuck behind someone being obedient to the law, there is a good reason, I need to slow down. I have even prayed and THANKED God for that person obeying the speed limit before and for putting those people in front of me, because countless times it has saved me from possible speeding tickets.  It says in the Word that the Lord gives His angels charge over us, lest we dash our foot against a stone.  It's true!  Had I been driving at my normal rate of speed, I would have reached the intersection with the four way stop about 15 to 20 seconds earlier and would have been plowed into by one of those giant trucks with four doors that sit up higher than my window.  The driver didn't stop; he didn't slow down; he didn't even look.  He blew right through that intersection.  His grill would have blown right through my head.  Things like that always remind me never to rush God.  Sometimes those people driving the speed limit when I am already late are really angels on a mission to protect me.  I am so glad His ways are Higher than my ways!  I am also glad I wasn't complaining about the slow driver or I would have had to repent!  :O)
        So if you have a hard time driving the speed limit like I do, pray for people who do drive the speed limit to be in front of you! Don't crab about them when they are there and it feels like you will never get where you are going.  God might be using them to teach you something, or protect you or just to help you grow in your relationship with Him by trusting Him.
         Today I prayed for myself.  I did get to pray for a couple of other people as well for healing in their minds and hearts and I know that God is working all things together for their good. He is bringing the things that need to be in their path to them and protecting them from the stuff that would destroy them.  God's perfect timing!