God's Timing is Great!

God's timing is great! It is always perfect! Always trust in Him that His plans are greater than ours, and do not rush into things with our own capabilities! For if we were to work on our own plans with our own strength, it will be imperfect! Always, always commit anything that we have and will do unto His hands, and let Him have it His way!

I'm only saying this because there were so many things that happened in my life that is because of His miraculous timing! I'm gonna share a few examples here today, and who else would this relate to than the angel I'm engaged to? ;)

Firstly, I met her in our church camp of 2007. It was after my first Nepal mission trip, and I was still getting used to new friends in church and all that. I thought to myself, it would be great to join the church camp now, and get to know even more people, and so I did, not knowing who my roommates are!

God planned it so that I would be in the same group as her. When I met her, I knew she was a fun loving person, ever so smiley, and a girl "way up there" and "outta my league", for she's just so beautiful, so cute, and just so lovable! She surely caught my eye the first time I saw her, but read on why I didn't really push ahead on knowing her even better...

It was when she injured her leg, and had to be wheeled off in a wheel chair that I found out that she's attached! Florence asked me to push her in the wheel chair, and a few minutes later, she said, "Eh, eh, her boyfriend is here. Let him do it instead". I'm like, "Ouch, okay, she's taken, there goes my chances!". Eh, obviously I didn't say that aloud! It was only running through my mind :P

The next day, she managed to get up and walk, and even join us in our group cheer, in which I stood next to her. Heh, it was fun, and there were laughters during our practice sessions. During the performance itself, I remember bumping into her a few times, by accident, of course! And I even did a wrong move! It was embarassing, but she looked at me and laughed, and even smacked me on my shoulder! Such sweet memories :D

Well, the time has come for us to go off the church camp, and being the assistant leader that she was, she requested all of us to have our phone numbers put onto a sheet of paper, and so I did, writing out my phone number in my artistic hand writing ;)

For some divine reason, God planned it that it's just not the right time to be friends with her! I had a 4 on my phone number, and I wrote it as it is, but guess what, when she sent us an SMS, thanking us all for being such great group members, she put a 7 instead! How artistic can my hand writing be? From a 4 to a 7? Or did God somehow blind her from seeing the real number?

Yes, she may be attached, but had I have her number back then, and that was mid 2007, I would've been friends with her since then, and we would've talked, not just via SMS, but also on Intel IM (yes, she works in Intel), or MSN, and whatever else. But, that didn't happen, and the camp was the end of the brief friendship, so to speak. We did not communicate at all, not even a hi/bye in church when we bump into each other...

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Come Christmas, thinking that I'm smarter than God Himself, I tried to arrange myself to be with her in our Christmas caroling groups. Yes, she was still attached, but it's okay to get to know a girl, right? Just getting to know only! ;) So ya, we were all gathered in the Main Sanctuary of our church, and the worship pastor filtered out those who can play the guitar, and set each and everyone of them in seperate groups evenly. When it was my turn to pick a group, I picked her then-boyfriend as the guitarist, knowing very well that she would join him in the group. My oh my was I so wrong! Who would've thought that she would pick another group instead of the one her then-boyfriend is in!? I was shocked, stunned, left speechless, and like, "Huh!?"

Damage done, so what can I do? I didn't manage to get to know her then, and so I continued in my caroling group to serve God and have fun at the same time. It was a great time during the whole caroling practice and performance, but it would've been better had she joined this group.

Well, God doesn't feel like it's the right time just yet! Think about it. If she joined the group, I would've been closer to her, and her then-boyfriend, and it would be weird for what could come after that! His timing is just great, and planning how things would work out in our minds is no greater than the plans He have for us!

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Okay, so when exactly is His timing for a wonderous plan? When else would be better than taking the step of faith, and believing Him in the power of baptism? July 12th, as blogged before, is the day I was baptised, and it was also the day we started talking again. Right after I came out of the water, she was the first non-CG-mate to come to me and congratulate me, and then it all began.

I then got to know the shocking news that she broke up, and is available, but knowing is just me. God planned all well from that day onwards...

Intel isn't small, nor is it huge, but the Monday after the baptism (which fell on a Saturday), I bumped into her in Intel's one of a handful of cafeterias. She's not even in my building! Why would she appear there? And it happened again the following day, and again, and again, and again! It wasn't just the cafeteria, but other parts of the building as well, even in Level 3 of the building! ...and while I was organising a Wii tournament too!

Ya, ya, so it may be mere coincidence, but bumping into her so much, gave me an excuse to start a conversation via Intel IM, and it happened. For the next few weeks, we talked a little via Intel IM, and got to know each other a little better :) What happens after that will be blogged in future... Stay tuned... ;)

And isn't all this just great timing? It is only "proper" to know a girl, chatting and all that, while she's single. I mean, if she's attached, what's the point of knowing her, and having that thought inside, that you wanna possibly make her your girlfriend, right? It's just not ethically right, and God stopped me from that, with the 4-becoming-7 story, and the "great plan" I had by joining his then-boyfriend's caroling group, which fell flat in my face!

Thank God for His great timing, amen? :D Who would've thought that in less than two years after knowing her briefly in the church camp, that I would be engaged with this pretty angel sent from Heaven? :D I can't thank Him enough for if it was by my own timing, and my own strength, it would've definitely not happened!

Thank God for being such a great God! Thank God for I know You have all the great plans in store for me! Make me realise that You have plans greater than I do, and make me rely on you for all the things to come in our lives, taking this next step towards marriage. Thank God for this angel that you've sent to me. Love you, Lord!