Timing is Everything
I don't think God times things randomly. I've always heard that God's timing is perfect, but I've never believed it until now. When I moved to South Carolina a year ago, I went through a devastating break up. Six months later, during the final week of my first semester of graduate school, my mother was killed. Six and a half months after that, my brother died. These times aren't random to me as I reflect upon the past year. God shook me at the beginning of a huge move/life change and again during the most challenging weeks of graduate school. Throughout the past year, I tried to control my life and pretend that I didn't need my faith anymore while I experienced these seasons that reminded me why I needed my faith. There were so many times in the past year that I said, "I can't do this anymore." In those times, it was scripture, hymns, and religious community that helped me feel peace. Sometimes it took a little scrambling in wrong directions for me