Everyone says, "God's timing isn't our timing." But thirty years? That seemed like a lifetime.
Before my wife and I were married, we had known each other professionally for nearly three decades. During that time, we worked together at four different companies, crossed paths countless times, and even served as professional references for one another. Our lives kept intersecting, only to drift apart again.
Then one day, we happened to come across each other's profiles on a dating site. Even then, we weren't sure whether we were meeting for a date or simply catching up as old colleagues.
One hundred and ten days later, we were married.
Looking back, it's impossible not to see God's hand at work. For thirty years, He was quietly weaving our lives together, preparing each of us individually until the timing was exactly right. At the time, it felt like nothing was happening. Now we can see that everything was happening.
The truth is, our relationship probably wouldn't have succeeded years earlier. We both needed time to grow, mature, and become the people God intended us to be before bringing us together.
Scripture reminds us:
"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..." (2 Peter 3:8–9)
God isn't late. He isn't forgetting us. He isn't withholding His blessings. He's working according to a timeline that sees the end from the beginning—a perspective we simply don't have.
If you're in a season of waiting, trust Him.
If the Holy Spirit is prompting you to be patient, listen.
If you're tempted to settle because life isn't unfolding according to your schedule, resist that temptation.
God's best often requires waiting.
As difficult as waiting can be, remember this promise:
"Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." (Galatians 6:9)
Sometimes God's greatest blessings don't arrive when we expect them—they arrive exactly when we're ready for them.
Looking back over the last thirty years, I wouldn't change the timing for anything. What once felt like delay, I now recognize as God's perfect plan.
Trust His timing. It's always worth the wait.