April 20, 2021
“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.” (2 Peter 3:8)
Vagabonding through Europe on our 1986 honeymoon trip, Christie and I discovered that the trains in northern Europe were always on time, while the trains in southern Europe were always late. One of us likes to be punctual (to an obsessive fault) while the other of us enjoys dawdling and more often than not loses track of time. If you know us, it’s not hard to peg who is who.
One of Christie’s favorite sayings is an Irish adage: “When God made time, He made plenty of it.” I’m certain that there are no clocks in heaven, and in this particular case my wife is more sanctified than I. God’s timing is always His timing. His trains rarely arrive on schedule. But they always arrive exactly on time.
“Be present, O merciful God, and protect us through the hours of the days and nights, so that we who are wearied by the changes and chances of this life may rest in your eternal changelessness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (Compline – BCP p. 133)
