Last week we learned from Micah that her training date for deployment has been moved up from March 29 to the 24th. With the 2 conferences in Manila that Jeff and I are coordinating, it is nearly impossible for us to go home any sooner than March 20. This will give us only 3 days with her and we don't know yet if we'll have any time with her in April.
Recently I was encouraged by the reminder of Ecc 3. The caption in the Holman Bible is "The Mystery of Time" "There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven... a time to embrace and a time to avoid embracing..." Someone gave to us and Micah a plaque with a verse of Psalm 31:15 in nice calligraphy by her father, John McTaggart Carson in 1932. The plaque says "My Times Are In Thy Hand" and then there is a poem:
I would be quiet, Lord,
Nor tease, nor fret:
Not one small need of mine
Wilt Thou forget!
I am praying for God's direction and perfect timing for all of us. Sometimes I fret over how many things I have to do in the next couple months and over the fact that I wish I could go to Minnesota earlier to help Micah prepare. But my personal prayer is that I won't fret but fully trust God's perfect time. In my quiet time this morning I was very encouraged by Zephania 3:16-17
16 On that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "Do not fear; Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.
17 The Lord your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will bring you quietness [He will renew you] with His love. He will delight in you with shouts of joy."
With a God who loves me so deeply, I have no need to fret. He will bring me quietness and will renew me with His love.
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