This week’s Five Minute Friday prompt is TIMING.

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One thing I have learned is that I can make all the plans I want, but if God isn’t in them, my plans will go awry.

Said another way, ” If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans and ask Him to join you.”

It can be excruciating to wait patiently for an answer to prayer. God always answers our prayers, but the answer is not always a simple yes. Sometimes He says, “No”, and sometimes He says, “Not yet”. When I look back at all the times I had to wait on the “not yet” to become “now is the time”, I realize that God’s timing was perfect. Every. Single. Time.

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:30-31 NIV

Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. – Psalm 27:14 NIV

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4-5 NIV

So, dear reader, I encourage you to STAY the course and wait on God’s perfect timing.