God's Timing is Perfect Timing

 

                                                                                  

 

"There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens" Ecclesiastes 3:1(NIV)

 

As I laid my manuscript on my lap, I began to dread the process of revisiting the first draft of a novel that I stopped writing last year. I knew that rereading my work could lead to reopening closed wounds as well as harsh judgment of my adolescent writing skills.

 

After having my second son, I became fully aware of my desire to be a fictional writer. I enjoyed telling stories that would uplift and encourage others. As a new writer I would jot down ideas and storylines that were birth from my own personal experiences. Not wanting to expose my personal truths nor the hidden lives of others, I would change the names and circumstances of each character.  

 

I developed a book proposal and took what I believed to be a best seller to the 2013 She Speaks Conference hosted by Proverbs 31 Ministries. My meeting with a publisher was ended before it began when I found out that they only accepted fully written manuscripts of fictional work and I only had 15 completed chapters.

 

My ideas for that book eventually became non existent and I wasn't able to add to my completed chapters. After going on a two week fast, The Lord blessed me with a new idea to write a beautiful book series called Flaws and how His unconditional love covers them all. Just recently I stopped working on that project and picked back up my first novel after being redirected by God to finish it.

 

I didn't understand why God was calling me back to the first novel now after instructing me to stop writing it last year. After reading it, I realized that I needed to go through some things and grow in my relationship with Christ to fully explain the message that He was birthing in me. Getting the book published last year would have been premature and wouldn't have had the impact that it will have now that I have waited all this time to complete it. 

 

There are a lot of things that have occurred in my life that I now realize were all orchestrated by The Lord and His perfect timing. He has allowed me to endure several hardships and enter into and exit seasons without explanation. Remembering that there is a time for everything and a season for every activity makes it a lot easier for me to handle when things work or don't work out in my life. As long as I'm connected to the Vine I know that His will and His perfect timing will occur for everything that He desires to happen in my life.

 

Be encouraged women of God. Know that The Lord is the Author and Finisher of your life story. Allow Him to rearrange and redirect your paths. Even when it hurts, know that He is in control and that He is working all things out for your good. Have a blessed and Spirit filled week. I love you all!