What Time Is It???

So I've decided that life is all about timing....

"And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek GOd, in the hope that they might feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us." Acts 17:26-27

I just love those verses. I was listening to a sermon the other day on this very topic of time. It related to dating, but I feel that you can relate it to anything in life. For example, say a few years back you met someone. The sparks were flying and time felt like it stood still when you were with them. Everything was going great, just so peachy, until time passes and you see your paths leading down different roads. You begin to have a change of heart. Why is that? Probably because the feelings that you felt at the being of the relationship: the sparks, etc, were not feelings of love, but feelings of timing. That God placed the right person in your life at that moment and it just fit.

Lately, I've been seeing this happening in my life. Like me coming to Memphis, it was God's timing. I wanted, longed so much to go to Auburn, however, God saw a different way. And looking back now I can see how many amazing things that God has done in my life, with the friendships that he's given me and the struggles that I've faced in nursing school. I just think that it's so amazing how God knows our allotted periods, he knows our dwelling place. That every relationship, job choice, or place is somehow shaping us into the person that God wants us to be. We just need to trust him and let him lead us.