Timing is everything.

I say it all the time, but then there are moments that really make me believe it more than I already did.  Like these past couple of weeks, for example.  A lot of things have happened in my life and I'm trying to sort them all out, and the biggest thing I know right now is that timing really is everything.  My sister, Stephanie, and I just talked on the phone for a bit and she reminded me of a talk that Elder Dallin H. Oaks gave at a devotional at BYU in 2002.  Bits and pieces of it were found in the New Era and Liahona after that.  It's a wonderful reminder that God really is behind all things, and that we have to be patient.  

Elder Neil A. Maxwell said this:  “The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best? The same is true with the second coming and with all those matters wherein our faith needs to include faith in the Lord’s timing for us personally, not just in His overall plans and purposes." 

Great, right?  Now, go read the talk from Elder Oaks here.  

Life has a way of creating some pretty fantastic twists and turns in our paths, and it can sometimes get so confusing.  Right now, amidst all the confusion and wonder, I am glad to know that it is in the Lord's hands and not my own.  I feel like I can rest just little easier tonight because of it.

And that's my thought for the night.  Goodnight!