Reminders

So I really don't know why I'm blogging about this right now... but it's on my mind right now. So I was at WVCEA Fine Arts Festival at the campus of Appalachian Bible College in Beckley, West Virginia. I end up being a runner for part of the day, and in my day... God had me set through some things that really helped me... Yet it still doesn't take away all of the pain.

So it starts as this... at 8:45 AM we had a meeting and we selected packets for us to be runners for. My friend Meg was there too that day and I wanted to be able to hang out with her some too, and I really wanted to see and hear her piano performance. Basically as a runner we took packets of score sheets back and forth from the judges to the headquarters for the records of scores. So my original packet was for instrumental solos. It was supposed to end around 2:30 PM, but I found out that another packet ended around noon. Turns out that packet was for Preaching and Bible Teaching... and did I mention it was a half of a mile or so from headquarters and the main buildings? Well it was. I thought I was going to be in for it that day and just couldn't wait until noon to get out of work.

Well it turns out that I can't leave my post to see performances until I'm done or when I'm returning a packet for a category to headquarters I could see a performance along the way. Well turns out.. First person and category is from 9:30-9:50 AM and... Meg played at 9:50. As I'm sitting there waiting for the first speaker to arrive and speak, the judges are talking about... how a bunch of people they know have lost their mom. Of course all of these people are in the age range of 40-60. As you know, I lost my mom almost two years ago at the age of 14 at the time, and yes, still today I struggle with missing her. It's definitely not easy still to this day. I still find myself jealous sometimes... jealous that other people in their 30-40's still have their mothers the majority of the time. I still wonder why shes gone now. I understand that things have came out of that, and yes, I do find myself wishing that it could have worked out that everything happened without having to lose my mom.

But anyway, here's my story I was getting to. The very first person preached on God's timing... and how He has the right timing on things always. It just really helped me even more... Just even though I know that He knew what He was/is doing, but just being reminded of it helped. And did I mention that during this time... the speaker started 5 minutes early and finished at 9:45? Well he did, and I ran all the way to the building where headquarters was located, which was the same building Meg's piano performance was. Well, lets say... that not only did God know the best timing for the issue on my mom... this was just even more evidence that He knows. Right after the message mentioning God's timing, I end up getting out just in time to see and hear Meg play her piece and tell her great job and run back in time. Turns out... My music director at my school let me go to eat with Meg and her family and friends with my dad's permission, and came back and spent rest of the day hanging out and stuff like that.

Turns out, Meg placed 1st in digital black and white photography, 1st in textiles, and 3rd on her piano piece that I was blessed to be able to go hear. Turns out that God had the timing for Fine Arts in the best way possible... better than I honestly could have planned it.

Definitely was reminders all day... that God knew what He was doing with my mom. He knows why He took her home. I don't exactly know why, but they're are evidences that probably wouldn't be here at all if it wasn't for God's timing.