No Surprises

 

No Surprises

      Time is measured change.  Where there is no change, there is no time.  God's nature never changes.  He is above time since it is His creation.  

      Before the garden, He commissioned her to scribe the orderly changes He wrought in creation.  With her written record, we seek to understand His dance with this elusive thing.  However, take to account, He is the one who leads.  Time simply follows His steps.

     Wouldn’t we all like to know the future?  Seeing around life's bend would take all our anxiety away, right?  Hardly.  He holds our perceptions in His hand.  He rewards those who diligently seek Him.  Hence, He uncovers mysteries for those in deep standing with Him.  To those willing to traverse the river, He gives firm footings who have left the bank in faith.

    What this day holds lies beyond our sight.  We take comfort in plans.  Thus, we order time like she is to be mastered.  She simply records.  God determines causes and effects. Yet, we worship time as a material force ignorantly giving her the glory due Another.  We fail.

     Tuesday.  March 4, 2025.  I am but a man caught in change.  Birth I celebrate and death I exonerate.  Liberation shall see me with wings.  At a time determined by Him, I shall be lifted up and joined together never to be severed.

     No surprises.  This promise is off the clock.  

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