You're Not Late - Trusting God's Perfect Timing - Episode 44

Have you ever looked around and felt like everyone else is moving ahead while you're standing still?

Maybe you thought you'd be further along by now. More healed. More successful. More confident. More certain about your purpose.

In this episode of Divine Shenanigans, Brynn explores the powerful truth that God's timeline is often different from our own—and different doesn't mean wrong.

Together we'll look at the stories of Abraham and Sarah, Joseph, Moses, Lazarus, and others who discovered that what felt like a delay was actually preparation. Through Scripture, real-life encouragement, practical application, and a healthy dose of Divine Shenanigans humor, you'll be reminded that God hasn't forgotten you, your calling, or your future.

In this episode:
• Why comparison makes us feel behind
• The difference between delay and denial
• How God uses waiting seasons
• What Scripture says about divine timing
• Practical ways to trust God when life feels slow
• Holy Homework for releasing unhealthy timelines
• Closing prayer for anyone feeling discouraged

Song of the Week:
🎵 "Right On Time" by Brynn Elise

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Remember, friend:
You are not late.
You are not forgotten.
You are not disqualified.
You are on a different timeline—and God is right on time.

God bless you, my friend. Keep learning, keep growing, keep laughing when life gets weird, and I'll see you right back here for more Divine Shenanigans.

Transcript

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Divine again. Faith for your heart and so through the laughter and he got it with us through it all. Come to a my friend. First amidst us where we've been. Welcome to Divine Shenanigans.

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Hey y'all. Welcome back to Divine Shenanigans, the place where we talk about real faith, real life, a little bit of chaos, and a whole lot of grace. I'm Bryn Whited, and I am so glad that you're here with me today. Whether you're listening while driving, folding laundry, walking the dog, obviously mine wants to go out, hiding in the bathroom for three minutes of peace, or pretending to clean while you're actually just carrying the same basket of laundry from room to room, like it's a part of your emotional support system. Welcome. Y'all belong here. And today's episode is one I think many of us need deep down in our bones. Today we're talking about this truth. You're not late. You're on a different timeline. And listen, I know that sounds sweet and inspirational, like something you'd see on a mug at a Christian bookstore next to a candle called Blessed and Stressed, but we're going deeper than cute today. Because some of us have been walking around with this quiet ache that says I should be further along by now. I should have figured it out sooner. I should have healed faster. I should have started earlier. I should have known better. I should have already become the version of me I thought I'd be by now. And friend, that kind of thinking will wear your spirit out. It'll make you compare your chapter one to someone else's chapter twenty seven. It will make you rush decisions God never asked you to rush. It'll make you apologize for being in process. It will make you believe your life is behind schedule just because it doesn't look like the imaginary calendar you made up in your head when you were younger and had a little bit more energy, less back pain, and no idea how expensive groceries would become. Can I get an amen from anybody who has ever had a five year plan drop kicked by real life? Because same. Today we're going to talk about God's timing. Not that cute version, the real version. The version where waiting hurts. The version where other people seem to be moving ahead. The version where you're wondering if you missed your moment. The version where God seems quiet, slow, or confusing. And we are going to sit with this truth. God is not behind. God is not rushed. God is not confused. And God has not forgotten you. You are not late. You're on a different timeline. And your timeline is not less holy just because it looks different. So grab your coffee, your tea, your water, your emotional support, beverage of choice, give comfortable, and let's talk about it. Let's start here. Most of us are carrying an invisible timeline. Nobody handed it to us in an official folder. There was no heavenly planner that fell from the sky with tabs labeled marriage, career, healing, purpose, ministry, financial stability, spiritual maturity, and finally stop overthinking everything. But somewhere along the way, we created one. We created that planner with all of those tabs. Maybe society helped. Maybe family expectations helped. Maybe church culture helped. Maybe social media helped a lot, because social media is basically a timeline comparison machine with filters and music. You open your phone and suddenly you know everybody's achievements. Vacations, engagements, pregnancy announcements, book launches, ministry milestones, home renovation, sourdough starters, and suspiciously clean kitchens. And there you are, sitting in yesterday's sweatshirt eating cereal out of a coffee mug because all the bowls are dirty, thinking wow, I am really not thriving. And here's the problem. We don't just notice other people's lives. We start measuring our lives against them. We say oh she started earlier, he got there faster. They seem more successful. They already have the thing I've been praying for. They healed quicker. They know their calling. They're confident, they're organized. They probably remembered to defrost meat before dinner. And before we know it, we are not just inspired by someone else's life. We are discouraged by our own. But here's the question I want to ask right at the beginning. Who told you that their timeline was supposed to be yours? Who told you that if it happened for them at thirty, it had to happen to you at thirty? Who told you that their healing took six months and yours should too? Who told you that if their calling became clear in one season, yours was supposed to unfold the same way? Who told you that God works on one universal production schedule? Because he doesn't. God is personal. God is intentional. God knows your story, your wounds, your wiring, your needs, your limitations, your gifts, your fears, your future, and the things he is still developing in you quietly. Your life is not a factory line. You are not a delayed package. You are not spiritually backordered. You are not some divine shipping error where heaven is saying, Oops, her purpose was supposed to arrive by Tuesday. No. You are being led. And sometimes being led feels slower than being rushed. Sometimes being prepared feels like being paused. Sometimes being protected feels like being delayed. Sometimes being redirected feels like being rejected. But God's timing has layers we cannot always see in the moment. So before we get into scripture, I want to start with something personal. Because I don't like teaching something like this from a pretend mountaintop like I have mastered it. No, no, no, sir, no ma'am. No holy halo polishing here. This is something I am still learning. Sometimes gracefully, sometimes while sighing dramatically in my coffee. Sometimes worth telling God I trust you, and then immediately trying to micromanage the outcome, like heaven hired me as a consultant. So let's talk real life for a minute. There have been so many seasons in my life where I felt late, late to faith, to healing, to purpose, to understanding myself, late to becoming the woman I thought I should have been years ago. And if you know even a little bit of my story, you know I grew up in a church atmosphere. Faith was part of my childhood. God was not a brand new concept to me. But like many, life got complicated. I fell away from it as a teen, not because God disappeared, but because sometimes people, pain, confusion, shame, questions, and life experiences can make faith feel tangled. And then coming back to my faith later in my fifties, this is an absolutely beautiful thing. But let's be honest, it can also bring up grief. Because you start thinking because you start thinking, what if I had come back sooner? What if I had understood this earlier? What if I had not wasted so much time? What if I had made different choices? What if I had known then what I know now? And friend, those questions can get loud. They don't always come in like a dramatic thunderstorm. Sometimes they come quietly while you're brushing your teeth. Sometimes they show up when you're watching someone younger step boldly into the thing you're only just now learning how to name. Sometimes they show up when you're trying to create something new and that little voice says, Isn't it a little late for you? And I want to be very honest. Starting new things later in life can be intimidating. Starting a podcast, starting a community, writing, making music, creating Bible studies, learning new platforms, showing up online, trying to understand algorithms, thumbnails, tags, descriptions, and all of those things that make you feel like you need a theology degree and a technology degree just to post a video. Sometimes I look at the internet and think, Lord, I love you. But why does serving you now require remembering seventeen passwords? And yet here we are. And the enemy loves to whisper you're late. But God keeps reminding me, Bryn, you're not late. You're here now. And sometimes that is the holiest sentence. You're here now. You may not have started when you wished you had. And God can work with here. God can bless here. God can redeem here. God can grow something from here. God is not intimidated by your age, your past, your delays, your detours, your questions, your slow starts, or your messy middle. And honestly, thank God for that because if God only used people who had everything figured out early, most of the Bible would be about six people and a very organized spreadsheet. But that is not Scripture. Scripture is full of late bloomers, slow learners, reluctant leaders, messy families, interrupted plans, wilderness seasons, second chances, and people who absolutely did not have a five year plan. Which brings us to our first big truth today. God does not measure time the way we do. Let's begin with Second Peter three, eight and nine. It says, But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you. Now this passage is speaking in a larger context about God's promises, judgment, patience, and salvation. But there is something deeply comforting here for those of us who feel like God is moving too slowly. Peter says The Lord is not slow, and some count slowness. That phrase matters, as some count slowness. In other words, we have a human way of measuring time. We count by calendars. God counts by completion. We count by age, God counts by readiness. We count by milestones, God counts by maturity. We count by how long we have waited. God sees what he is doing while we wait. And I know that can be hard because waiting does not always feel productive. Waiting can feel like nothing is happening, but in God's hands, waiting is rarely empty. Waiting can be where roots grow, where motives get purified, where wounds begin to heal, where pride gets softened, where wisdom develops. Waiting can be where God teaches us to want Him more than we want the outcome. And I know that sounds very spiritual, but sometimes while God is developing patience in me, I would like to unsubscribe from the character development plan. Have you ever felt that? Lord, I appreciate the growth opportunity. But sometimes while God is developing patience in me, I'd like to unsubscribe from the character development plan. You ever feel that? Lord, I appreciate the growth opportunity, but could we maybe do the express version? And God in His mercy does not always give us express growth. Because some things formed quickly do not last deeply. And God is not trying to build a quick version of you. He is forming a rooted version of you. One of the most damaging things we do is interrupt delay as denial. We pray for something, we sense God stirring something, we take a step, and then nothing seems to happen, so we assume God said no. Or worse, God forgot. But delay is not always denial. Sometimes delay is development, sometimes delay is protection, sometimes delay is timing, sometimes it's mercy. Sometimes it's because God is preparing people, places, circumstances, and pieces we can't see. We look at the one door in front of us. God sees the whole hallway. We see the thing we want. God sees the version of us needed to carry it well. And listen, I do not say that lightly. Sometimes God's delays hurt. When you're waiting for healing, waiting hurts. When you're waiting for reconciliation, waiting hurts. When you're waiting for purpose to become clear, waiting hurts. When you're waiting for a prayer to be answered, waiting hurts. When you're watching other people receive things that you are still praying for, waiting hurts. Faith does not mean pretending the waiting is painless. Faith means trusting God's heart while the waiting is painful. Now I want to move from scripture into some real life community style stories. These are the kinds of stories I hear all the time from people in faith spaces, coaching spaces, online communities, and everyday conversation. And maybe you'll hear yourself in one of them. Because sometimes we need to know that we're not the only one looking around and thinking, did I miss the memo? Was there a life schedule everyone else got? So the first story is the woman starting over after divorce. Let's imagine a woman in her late forties or fifties who's walking through divorce. Not because it's easy, not because it was what she dreamed, but because life became something she never expected. And now she's rebuilding. She's learning who she is again. She's figuring out finances, friendship, faith, identity, home, routines, and what healing looks like when you're exhausted. And she looks around at people who seem settled and thinks I am so behind. But what if she's not behind? What if she's being rebuilt? What if God is teaching her that value was never in someone else's approval? What if God is bringing her into a season of peace she didn't know was possible? What if starting over is not failure? What if it is resurrection ground? Because God is not ashamed of rebuilds. We see rebuilds all through Scripture. Nehemiah rebuilt walls. Ezra helped restore worship. God's people returned from exile and had to learn how to live again. Rebuilding is holy work. It may not look impressive from the outside. It may look like crying in the car, paying bills, making appointments, setting boundaries, and learning to sleep without anxiety sitting on your chest. But heaven sees it. God sees the rebuilding. And you are not late because you're rebuilding. You are brave. Then we have the mom who spent years taking care of everybody else. Kids, spouse, parents, work, home, church responsibilities, school projects, meals, appointments, emotional labor, remembering who likes what brand of peanut butter and somehow being expected to know where every missing object in the house is located. Moms are basically the household version of Google, but with more laundry. And then one day she realizes I don't even know what I want anymore. And she feels behind because other people have careers, ministries, hobbies, dreams, and she is just trying to drink coffee while it's still hot? But what if God was present in all those hidden years? What if the years of serving, nurturing, loving, sacrificing, and showing up were not wasted? What if they shaped her compassion? What if they taught her endurance? What if they gave her a testimony that will one day encourage someone else? What if purpose was not buried? What if it was being planted? There is a difference. Buried means dead. Planted means growing. And some of you have been calling buried what God calls planted. You are not late. You are emerging. Maybe they didn't know how to ask questions. Maybe they associated God with people who did not represent him well. Then later in life something begins stirring, a longing, a hunger, a whisper, a holy curiosity, and they came back. But alongside joy, there can be grief. I wasted so many years. I should know more Bible by now. I should pray better. I should be more mature. I should not still struggle with this. Friend, I want you to hear me gently. God is not standing at the door with a stopwatch. The Father in the story of the prodigal son was not waiting on the porch with a lecture titled You are extremely late and I have notes. He ran, he embraced, he restored, he celebrated. That is the heart of the Father. And you are not late coming home. You are home, and homecoming is holy. Then there's the person who feels called to create something, a podcast, book, song, ministry, Bible study, a community, a business, a blog, a YouTube channel. And they think everyone is already doing this, the market is saturated. I should have started ten years ago. Well let me say this with love. The fact that other people are doing something does not mean your voice is unnecessary. There are many voices, yes, but not your voice. There are many testimonies, yeah, but not your testimony. There are many teachers, of course, but not your combination of experience, humor, compassion, mistakes, redemption, and holy weirdness. God is not confused about why he gave you a voice, and someone may need the exact way you say the thing. Not because you're perfect, because you're real. And real reaches people polished, Kinar. So no, you're not late. You are becoming ready to steward what God placed in you. Now let's bring this closer to our hearts because when we feel late, we often do one of three things. We compare, we rush, or we quit. So let's talk about each one. We compare. Comparison is Is sneaky. It can dress itself up as research. I'm just checking what other people are doing. And sometimes that's true. But then suddenly you're forty five minutes deep into someone else's highlight reel, and now you feel spiritually unemployed, creatively bankrupt, and personally victimized by their matching throw pillows. Comparison makes us forget that people's public progress is not the whole story. We see the announcement we do not see the private obedience. We see the platform. We don't see the pruning. We see the healed version. We don't see the nights they cried through it. We see the answered prayer, but we don't see the years they waited. Comparison steals context, and without context, someone else's blessing can start to feel like an accusation against your life. But their blessing is not your rejection. Their timeline is not your measurement. Their progress is not proof that you are behind. Romans twelve four through six reminds us that we are one body with many members, and we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. Different gifts, different functions, different assignments, different timelines. Same God. We rush things. When we feel late, we may rush, we force doors, we make decisions from panic, and say yes because we're afraid the opportunity will never come again. We settle because we believe time is running out. We push ourselves beyond wisdom because we think rest will make us fall farther behind. We try to manufacture what God has not released, and rushing can create consequences. When we panic about timing, we can make choices that wound people, including ourselves. Panic is a poor decision maker. Fears a terrible life coach. Anxiety should not be driving the bus. And if anxiety is driving the bus, please know it has no sense of direction and will absolutely refuse to stop for snacks. Psalm thirty seven seven says Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him. Be still, wait patiently. Not because waiting is passive, because waiting with God requires trust. Sometimes when we feel late, we quit before we even start. We say it's too late now, I miss a chance, someone else already did it. I'm too old. I'm too inexperienced. I don't know enough. I'm not spiritually enough. I'm not healed enough. I'm not consistent enough. And let me just say, if God wanted us to feel completely ready, nobody'd do anything. The disciples were still learning while following Jesus. Peter was bold and messy. Thomas had questions. Martha, she was stressed. Mary Magdalene had a past. Paul had a past past. David had worship and warfare and failure. Jonah ran in the wrong direction. Elijah got exhausted. Jeremiah felt too young. Moses felt inadequate. Sarah laughed. Gideon hid. And God still worked. You don't need a flawless resume to obey God. You need a surrendered yes. Maybe a shaky yes. Maybe a Lord helped me yes. Maybe an I'm terrified but I'm stepping forward, yes. God can work with that. Now we need to talk about Jesus because no conversation about divine timing is complete without looking how Jesus moved. And one of the most powerful stories about timing is the story of Lazarus. In John eleven, we meet Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha. Lazarus is sick and the sisters send word to Jesus. Lord, the one you love is sick. That sentence is tender. They don't say Lazarus' name. They say the one you love. They know Jesus loves him. And because Jesus loves him, you would expect Jesus to come immediately. But John eleven says that Jesus heard Lazarus was sick. He stayed where he was for two more days. Two more days. Now that feels confusing because we often assume love moves quickly. If Jesus loves me, he'll come now. If Jesus hears me, he'll answer now. If Jesus cares, he will fix it now. But Jesus waits. By the time he arrives, Lazarus has died and has been in the tomb for four days. Martha comes out to meet Jesus and says, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. Mary later says the same thing. Do you hear the ache? If you had been there, in other words, Jesus, you are late. And maybe some of us had prayed a version of that. Lord, if you'd moved sooner, if you'd answered earlier, if you had stopped this, if you had shown up when I asked. This story gives us permission to bring grief and confusion to Jesus. Jesus does not shame Martha. Jesus does not rebuke Mary for weeping. In fact, John eleven thirty five says Jesus wept. The resurrection and the tears are in the same story. That matters. Jesus knew he was about to raise Lazarus, and he still wept. So people hear this. God's power does not cancel his compassion. Jesus is not cold toward your waiting. He's not distant from your grief. He's not irritated by your tears. He meets Mary and Martha in the ache, and then he goes to the tomb and calls Lazarus, come out. And Lazarus comes out. What looked too late became a revelation of resurrection power. Jesus is not late because we are grieving. Now this is delicate because we don't want to say to people that are hurting, don't worry, everything will magically turn out exactly how you want. That is not honest. Some losses are real, some grief remains. Some prayers are unanswered. Some prayers are answered differently than we hoped. Some timelines hurt deeply. But the story of Lazarus reminds us that Jesus is still present, still powerful, and still purposeful, even when we think the moment has passed. Martha thought resurrection was someday. Jesus says I am the resurrection and the life. He brought the future hope into the present moment, and sometimes Jesus does not give us what we are waiting for. He gives us more of Himself in the waiting. That may sound like something people say when they don't know what else to say, but it's the foundation of Christian hope. The gift is not only the answered prayer. The gift is Jesus Himself. Jesus delayed, but he was not indifferent. Third, believe that Jesus can still speak life into places you thought were finished. Maybe not always in the way we expected, but always in the way that reveals his power and presence. Fourth, let others help unwrap the grave clothes. When Lazarus comes out, Jesus tells people take off the grave clothes and let him go. Community matters in healing. Sometimes God raises us, and community helps us walk free. That is why faith community matters. We need people who remind us we are not late, not dead, not done, not disqualified. Now I want to speak directly to a few groups of people who may be listening today. Because this message lands differently depending on where you are. To the ones who feel too old, you're not too old for God to begin something new. Your wisdom matters. Your life experiences matters. Your scars surrendered to God can become places of ministry. Don't let a youth obsessed culture convince you that God only uses people with ring lights, wrinkle free skin, and trendy fawns. God uses willing vessels, and sometimes the vessel has reading glasses, joint pain, and a very low tolerance for nonsense. And that's fine. Bring all of it. Your age may be part of your authority. You've lived enough to know God's faithfulness is not theoretical. You've survived enough to speak with compassion. You've failed enough to offer grace. You have waited enough to understand endurance. You're not expired. You're seasoned, and seasoned is useful. Ask any good cook. The one who feels too young. Maybe you feel like nobody takes you seriously. Paul told Timothy, don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example. You don't have to wait until you feel older to be faithful. You can honor God now, you can grow now, serve now, learn now. You can lead with humility now. You are not too young to obey. Just stay teachable, stay rooted, stay accountable, and please, do not confuse speed with maturity. Let God grow you deeply. For the one who's healing slowly, you're not failing because healing is taking time. Some wounds are deep. Some patterns were formed over years. Some grief comes in waves. Some healing has layers. God is not disappointed in your pace. Healing is not a race. And some days healing looks like choosing not to go backward. Some days it looks like saying the truth out loud. Some days it looks like therapy, prayer, journaling, rest, boundaries, medication when needed, community and asking for help. There is no shame in slow healing. Jesus is gentle with bruised reads. Be gentle with yourself too. To the one who's starting over. Starting over is not proof that your life failed. It may be proof that God is giving you courage to rebuild. New beginnings can be scary. They can also be sacred. Do not despise the awkward beginning. Most new beginnings feel clumsy before they feel confident. You are allowed to learn. You're allowed to be new at something. You're allowed to not have it all figured out. You are not late. You are beginning again. And beginning again with God is never wasted. To the one waiting on a promise. Hold the promise with open hands. Trust God with both the outcome and the timing. Let Him shape you while you wait. And remember, waiting does not mean doing nothing. It means staying faithful where you are until God opens what is next. You can wait actively, you can pray, you can prepare, you can heal, you can serve, you can learn, you can worship, you can rest. You can become. And that brings us beautifully into our song of the week. This week's song is called Right on Time. And let me tell you, this song fits this episode so closely because it speaks to that tender place where we are waiting, wondering, and trying to believe that God has not forgotten us. The full song will play at the very end of the episode, so please stick around for that. The song Right on Time is a reminder that God's timing may not match our calendars, but it is never careless. It's for the person who thought the answer should have come sooner. It's for the one rebuilding later than expected. It's for the one who is still praying. It's for the one who has already lived enough to know that God's delays can be confusing, but his faithfulness is steady. So at the end of this episode, when the song plays, I want you to listen not just as music, but as a prayer. Let it minister to the part of you that feels behind. Let it remind you God is not late, and because you are walking with him, you are not late either. Let's pray together. Lord, thank you for being the God of every season. Thank you that you are not rushed, not confused, not behind, and not limited by our timeline. Today we bring you the places where we feel late, the dreams we thought would have happened by now, the healing we thought would be finished by now. The purpose we thought would be clearer by now. The relationships, opportunities, milestones, and answers we've been waiting for. Lord, we confess that comparison has sometimes made us anxious. We confess that fear has sometimes made us rush. We confess that regret has sometimes made us want to quit. But today we surrender our timelines to you. We place our past in your mercy. We place our present in your presence. We place our future in your hands. Teach us to walk at a pace of grace. Teach us to trust the hidden work. Teach us to celebrate small beginnings. Teach us to take one faithful step at a time. For the one who feels too old, remind them you still call. For the one who feels too young, remind them you still equip. For the one who is healing slowly, remind them you are gentle. For the one starting over, remind them you are the God of new beginnings. For the one waiting on a promise, remind them that you are faithful. For the one returning to faith, remind them that they are not late coming home. Lord, restore what can be restored. Redeem what we cannot change. Heal what still hurts. Guide what comes next, and help us stop measuring our lives by timelines you never gave us. Our times are in your hands, and your hands are good. In Jesus' name. Amen. Friend, I want to thank you so much for spending this time with me today on Divine Shenanigans. I hope this episode reminded you that you are not behind in God's eyes. You are not forgotten. You are not disqualified, and you are not too late. You are on a different timeline, and God is right on time. If this episode encouraged you, I'd love for you to share it with someone who may be feeling behind, discouraged, or unsure if their season still matters. Sometimes the kindest thing we can do is remind someone, God is not done with you. And if you are listening on a podcast platform, please follow or subscribe so you don't miss any future episodes. You can also find me on YouTube for more Divine Shenanigans content. I also want to invite you to the Divine Shenanigans School community. It's free, and we have a brand new Daily Shenanigans in Bible study, where we walk through scripture together in real life, grace-filled, understandable ways. No pressure to be perfect, no need to have it all figured out. Just come as you are, bring your Bible, bring your questions, bring your coffee, and join us as we learn, grow, and laugh our way through God's word together. And don't forget, today's song of the week is right on time by yours truly, Brittany Lees. The full song is going to play at the end of this episode. Thank you again for being here. God bless you, my friend. Keep learning, keep growing, keep laughing when life gets weird. And remember, you are not late. You are on a different timeline. And God is right on time. I'll see y'all right back here next time for more Divine Shenanigans. Now stay with me for the full song of the week, right on time by Brittany Lees. May this song remind you that God has not forgotten you. Your story is not behind, and his timing is faithful, even when the waiting feels long. God bless you, my friend.

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I watched the world keep running fast, everybody passing by, checking boxes, chasing dreams. While I kept asking why, why does my road wind differently? Why's it taking so long? Feels like everyone else arrived while I'm still moving on. But maybe heaven sees a picture. I can't quite see today. Every closed door, every detour, every step along the way. You are in something beautiful beyond what I can see. I'm not behind, I'm not forgotten. You're still working on me. When I look back down the road, I know I'll find time. I wasn't late at all. I was right on time. Some deeds go deep before they move. Some dreams need on the growth. Some prayers take a scene and crew through valleys down below. Exactly like it should. You've never signed. Hurry to spring because you can get a bunch of people. Listen close and hear this. God is never in a hurry. Christ is never running late. What feels like waiting from your side? Maybe preparation. Take and stay. Even when it feels to late. Every closed door, heavy detour, every step along the way. You are something beautiful beyond what I can see. I'm not behind, I'm not forgotten. You're still working on me. When I look back down the road, I know I'll find time. I wasn't at all. I was right on time. The flowers bloom when they're ready, stars appear when it's night. And maybe God's greatest miracles don't happen early.