God May Not Always Come When you Expect Him

Years ago while waiting for a friend at the bus stop I began to grow impatient. A stranger walked up to me without saying a word and handed me a piece of paper. On the paper the words read “God may not always come you expect Him but He will always be on time.”  I didn’t quite understand it at the time, but as the years went on it became more clear. At least 32 years have passed since that day, but it is etched in my mind as  a day I will never forget. Sometimes I have to wait for stuff and I can’t figure out why, especially when at the time it seems like waiting is so painful. But recently I discovered the joy of waiting even in pain. My son has been waiting on an apartment he can afford to live in on his own. He recently found a room mate to share the rent with him on a two bedroom apt. I wanted to to take the reins so bad and say no, you cant live with a room mate you have to wait for a one bedroom. Instead I encouraged him and gave him a little motherly instruction, though at the age of 21 I think I can stop mothering him. Within just a few hours of him telling me he was going to move in with a roommate, he got a phone call telling him that there was a better place available than what they had originally chose. The message said that people wait for up to 2 years for this type of apartment. It has been hard and sometimes painful waiting for some recent changes in my life. But God is definitely on time and His timing is perfect.