We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near.");
document.writeln("People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds. God says, \'€śAt the time I have");
document.writeln("planned, I will bring justice against the wicked.\'€ť1
Our lives are controlled by time. We put important events");
document.writeln("in our calendars, try to get to bed at a certain time every night, and set our");
document.writeln("alarms so we are not late to work in the morning. With each birthday, we");
document.writeln("celebrate another year of life. When we were young, a year seemed like an");
document.writeln("eternity, but now that we are older, time seems to fly by! We depend on clocks");
document.writeln("and calendars to help us keep our lives in order.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be on time or");
document.writeln("keeping order of our days, but it becomes a problem when we try to limit God to");
document.writeln("our understanding of time. We expect answers to our prayers within our \'€śreasonable");
document.writeln("timeframe\'€ť, and measure the goodness of God based on how quickly he responds. We");
document.writeln("pray for our world as we see sin go unpunished, while good people suffer. We begin");
document.writeln("to doubt and question God because he is not acting according to our sense of");
document.writeln("timing. However, God is not bound by time. The only time that can relate to God");
document.writeln("is that he knows the \'€śright\'€ť time for all things that happen to us or around");
document.writeln("us. He is a good Judge and will bring justice against the wicked in His time. He");
document.writeln("hears every prayer and cry from his children, and will answer according to His");
document.writeln("will. He is working all things for our good!
God is near, He is always good, and His perfect time can be");
document.writeln("trusted. When we begin to grow impatient, let us imitate the psalmist and thank");
document.writeln("God for all of His wonderful deeds!
Suggested prayer: Dear God, Thank you for the beautiful moments I get to spend with");
document.writeln("my family and friends. Help me live each moment to the fullest and may all I do");
document.writeln("bring you glory. Thank you, also, that nothing goes unnoticed by you. In Your");
document.writeln("perfect time, you will make all things new, and You alone will judge the");
document.writeln("actions of the good and evil. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
1. Psalm");
document.writeln("75:1-2 (NLT).
Today\'€™s Encounter was written by: Crystal B.
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