A Matter of Time

I don't think it's any coincidence that God's time seems to be the theme for this month. There just always seems to be a time line involved in everything we want to get done. Anyway, as my birthday is fast approaching I've been spending time reflecting, going through pictures, reading my journals just really reflecting to get some perspective. What was interesting was that while going through the journal I just happened to buck up this to-do list...yea...one of those goal to-do lists  where I need to do x by y time. Funnily, the list was written back in 2006 and it had check boxes placed next to the goals. I noticed that at least 3 boxes were still not ticked at the time, while others were ticked and dated...and now for the surprise the unchecked were:
1. Become a lacto-ovo vegetarian 
2. Go Natural and
3. Something else that I can't quite remember now...
It was very funny to me, as reading it marked the 8th day since I had gone vegan with no desire for meat and marked the 10th month since I had gone completely natural...interesting! Thinking back, I must have given a go at going natural and vegan at least 3 times each and all of a sudden when I wasn't paying it any mind or attention it just happened...just out of the blue ...no big fuss or big splash...I was just living the goal without realizing that these were set in stone a long time ago. What can I say? If God is in control all the time then this could have only happened in His time and not mine. The journey while waiting on God's time must have been too much and so I just gave up and voila! He did it - in His time.

Ecclesiastes 3- A Time for Everything

 ¹ There is a time for everything, 
       and a season for every activity under heaven:

 ² a time to be born and a time to die,
       a time to plant and a time to uproot,

 ³ a time to kill and a time to heal,
       a time to tear down and a time to build,

 ⁴ a time to weep and a time to laugh,
       a time to mourn and a time to dance,

 ⁵ a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
       a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

 ⁶ a time to search and a time to give up,
       a time to keep and a time to throw away,

 ⁷ a time to tear and a time to mend,
       a time to be silent and a time to speak,

 ⁸ a time to love and a time to hate,
       a time for war and a time for peace.

 ⁹ What does the worker gain from his toil? 
¹⁰ I have seen the burden God has laid on men. ¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. ¹² I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. ¹³ That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil—this is the gift of God. ¹⁴ I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere him.