Time will tell

"Surprise!!!!" Can you imagine the Lord saying that?
The thought brings a smile to my face. :)

I was taking mom out to one of the best breakfast burrito joints in town this morning when she received a call from an unknown number. She picked up.


She got the job.


For six years she had been waiting for a specific job to call her back... and she finally got it.

In those six years, tears were shed, she continually asked the Lord, "When Lord?", she wondered why, she thanked the Lord, she waited, she prayed...and prayed....AND prayed. For six years.

Some would say, "Uuuuh move on."

But the longer you wait, the sweeter the taste in the end.

She really, in her heart, wanted that job. No doubt, throughout the years, she applied to I-don't-know-how-many jobs. But not a single job called her back. Not a single job.


When she got the call today she deeply expressed her thanks to the lady on the other end of the line. She teared up. Raised her hands. She couldn't stop saying, "Praise the Lord!" in amazement and shock of the sweet providence. In between her praises she would apologize since she was repeating herself. I said, "NO! Don't apologize. Yes, PRAISE the Lord! Repeat it!" I knew her heart was overflowing with gratitude :)


It's interesting because just last night she was watching one of her favorite movies, "Joseph King of Dreams." This guy, this servant of the Lord, waited for years before he once again saw his brothers who sold him into slavery. His own brothers. Not knowing why, Joseph acknowledged the Lord in His ways. He even went to jail before he saw them. Yet, later, in the end, he was put second in command of all of Egypt. Radical. The Lord knew exactly what He was doing.

What a relief isn't it? That the Lord who holds my life is sure of everything He does. He doesn't hesitate, doesn't think twice, doesn't stutter. He is. He knows. He does.