Contemplative Bible Reading

Isaiah 60:22 The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will do this swiftly.” (New International Version)

What caught my attention in this verse is the highlighted phrase. There is a time when something works. That something won’t work at any other time in any other place with any other people.

I found myself with two different perspectives on this. These are that God gives us special moments and we sometimes need to wait for the right time.

Special Moments in My Life

Oh my goodness. This could become a list of topics that would fill a book one day.

Eating a hot dog that my mother bought me at the A&W root beer after a baseball game when I was 12.

Riding with my dad on the way home from the Robert, Louisiana asphalt plant while on the radio they talked about Elvis Presley dying.

Seeing Karen in the New Orlean airport as I walked off the jetway. That was the moment that I knew we would be married and be together the rest of our lives.

My son Seth being born.

My son Nathan being born.

My son Adam being born.

Getting a phone call in a warehouse on Andros Island. That led to me learning that my dad was killed in an auto accident.

Waiting for the Right Time to do Something

Events in my life seem to have a right time and many wrong times. These contemplative Bible reading essays are one example. The concept of wikis, the Media Wiki software, Seth having an extra computer at home, Seth having some expertise, the Media Wiki software at work — all these things came together in August of 2006. It was the right time for me to write about some Bible verses that struck me.

The idea that a Bible verse strikes me on the day it does is another example. I have read the Bible through some 20 times. For some reason, a verse strikes me on a particular day.

I used to try to force things. I used to grab a concept and push it on the world. Most of the time – the vast majority of the time – I was disappointed in that the rest of the world didn’t see the brilliant concept that I had seen. The big bang did not occur.

I believe that God has a sense of timing. Things happen with people in the time that God creates. Patience Dwayne, patience.