The Ups and Downs of Timing

As I write tonight, we are wrapping up day 2 of 3 in Atlanta GA for the Catalyst Leadership Conference.  Reflecting on the week, it seems that God is teaching me a thing or two about timing.  Check it out:

1.  We got into Atlanta on Tuesday night, and shortly after our arrival, while in the parking lot of our favorite (not available in Idaho) restaurant (Chick-Fil-a), we received a phone call.  It was our property manager back home asking if our house was still available for lease.  She has a tenant!  Good news- tenant.  Timing - we have 10 days to be out of our house once we get home.
2.  That makes us homeless as of the 24th, but that is ok, since our plan was to be in Phoenix by the 31st.
3.  Still up in the air on the November tour.  Waiting on confimation from the headlining band that we didn't mess up the timing and miss the opportunity.  We'll keep you posted.
4.  Tonight, we had a great meeting with some new friends, but it wasn't with the full group we originally intended. The timing just didn't work out, so the original plan had to be modified.  (Why is that seem to be becoming my theme song?)  end result:  The great night and discussions we ended up having wouldn't have worked with a larger group.  I'm so glad things work out like that...
5.  We went to a meetup of bloggers at Catalyst, but since we had the other dinner already, we showed up like over an hour and a half late.  TIMING:  because we were late, we actually had more time to speak to the host, his wife, and others, since the main crowd had already headed out.

I continue to be amazed at how I always seem to have one plan or agenda, and as soon as a single wrinkle in the timeline appears, my "plan" falls to pieces.  God somehow manages to take the results and make them work out to my benefit.  How is that?  Someone (sorry, I wish I could remember who so I could credit you!) said to me today, "In the movie of my life, I tend to look at the individual still frame, but God sees the entire film strip".  He truely does have a perspective and an ability to, regardless of our own inadequacies, mistakes, or shortcomings, use our successes and our failures to work his purposes for our lives.