Wow. Here it is. The end of summer.
What a ride.
I recently had the joy of taking a great vacation with my mom to Virginia Beach. I decided it'd be a great opportunity to try taking a photo I've wanted to capture since 9th grade. One day in Mr. Martin's 9th grade Earth Science class, he showed us a picture similar to the one above. He told us that since the earth rotated, if you took a long exposure picture at night, you'd capture the movement of the earth, and the result would be "star trails"streaking across the sky. Well, 6 years later, I finally captured that picture seen above.
On this trip, I experimented a lot with time lapse. And by "a lot", I mean 10,000+ individual frames that when compiled together and sped up, give a look into what goes on around us that we can't perceive in our view of "time". I've always been fascinated with time-lapse videography and photography, but it wasn't until this past summer that I really understood why.
2 Peter 3:8 says, "But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
The way I perceive time isn't the way God sees it. God works in His time, not ours. In our TGIF generation (Twitter, Google, iPod, Facebook), we want instant results. We ask a question, and we can barely wait for the page to load on our smartphones. We even get frustrated at how long it takes our computer to boot up.
That same feeling can apply to other ventures in life; "Why is it taking me so long to get through school?", "How long is it going to be until I meet that person I'm going to spend the rest of my life with?", "When am I going to be recovered and well enough to get back out and resume my normal life?", and the list goes on.
While taking the picture at the top of this post, I couldn't physically perceive the movement of the earth, but it was.
Sometimes in life, we can't physically perceive the tangible evidence that God is working in our lives, but still He is.
God promised us that He has plans for us. Prospering plans. Plans to give us hope and a future in Him. Even plans for eternal life! He NEVER fails us, He is mighty to save, and He gives us strength to face each new day.
That's where I'm at right now in life -- basking in the joy of the LORD, asking for daily break, and thanking God for each day and all that's in it.
And, it took all summer and everything that happened in it to get me here.
It's been tough. It's been life-changing. There have been some tough decisions. There have been some tough conversations. There will be lots of changes.
But God has done some amazing things. In His time, He is working all things together for His good.
And for the first time, in a long time,
I am all good with His good.
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