Short Story: Timing is always timed right for all

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John Johnston was walking along a footpath, near his home, when he spotted a dollar coin, on the footpath. It was near some steps, leading up to a house. The thing was, though, that just as he bent over to pick it up, the front door of that house opened, and a rough, drunk looking man rolled out, coming towards him. The drunk man yelled at him, "And what are you stealing from me then, matey?" John looked at him, and flicked the one dollar coin at him, and as drunk as he was, he reached out, and caught it. Quick as a flash, John declared. "I found this dollar coin of yours here next to your entrance, and you have now saved me the trouble of knocking on your door, to return it to you, my friend." The drunkard man took a step back, and rolled his eyes to take this in. He had the dollar back, so maybe, he would just leave it at that, but as he turned to return back into his house, he turned again to John, and flicked the dollar back to him. "Thanks, man", he said, "here is your reward." John kept walking, thinking to himself, that how come the timing there had been like it was. Another second more, and he would have already pocketed the coin, and walked on, already. Maybe, he was meant to have this interaction with this guy today. Timing is always set up like this perfectly to give us the experiences due to us. So, when we are waiting, impatiently in a long queue, at our bank, we should not get upset, but realise, that the timing here is perfect too, and so we can look around, to see what we can learn from what is going on right now in our midst. John had another example of this, when he was in his bank recently, and he realised that he had left his bank card at home. He could not deposit his money without it. He was upset because the queue was short right now. Sure enough, after he had gone home again, and returned to the bank, this time with his card, the queue was now very long. He realised that his mistake in forgetting his card, and his need to experience a wait in the queue were all just a part of the perfect timing and planning of his life by God, no less. God plans every life meticulously so, exactly like this. Everything is planned to try to bring about the right results in our lives, and the necessary growth, and changes in ourselves, to grow into the greater person that we can be for God. What is behind God's timing? Love sits behind time, and clocks it out perfectly to each one of us, to give us the chance, the best chance in life to be our best life for God, as our best self, for our self, and for him too. The dollar was really John's, as he ended up getting it anyway. His quick thinking though had saved him from a possible bashing here though, and so he had come out of it rather luckily. He had indeed earnt his dollar this time around, but was it all really worth it, just for a dollar? Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Picture: The dollar in question, that John ended up putting in the collection plate, at his church.