Toilet Paper Time Frames

For those of you who believe in the power of prayer and in a personal relationship with God you might smile at my toilet paper prayer. When we put our house up for sale I had just purchased a large 12 roll bundle of toilet paper. As I showed it into the closet I calculated the weeks and prayed," God, it would be just right if our house would sell by the time I am out of toilet paper so that I don't have to lug one of these bundles back home again and so that we could go to Bolivia by late summer". Each time I took out a new roll, I would count how many rolls were left and gently remind God that I was still praying that our house would sell in MY timeframe. One roll left and we took off to go to Miguel's apartment and then on to see Novali for the April birthdays. Well that's when we got that first purchase agreement. My spirits soared. "See, God does care about those little details". My spirits soared like an escaping balloon, only to be brought down by the withdrawal of the offer. The balloon has burst. I was tempted to say, "Well, how foolish to think about my faith in such a mundane manner." I questioned God's timing and argued with Him that this was not the way things were supposed to work out. It took a couple of days of pouting and battling doubts that God is truly concerned about our personal lives before I decided to tell God that I still trusted Him. So instead of buying another 12 pack bundle I bought just enough rolls to make last until early July. Then as I put these away I promised God that I would continue to believe even if the toilet paper ran out. Well, last week we closed on our house - with the same couple that had originally made the April purchase agreeement. And they agreed to allow us to stay in the house until after Miguel's engagement party. You see, if we had agreed on that early purchase agreement, we would have been out in May, and it wasn't until May that Miguel shared the good news of his engagment. We are now able to have one last family event here at the house. So you see, God's timing is best -but He knows the timeframe; we don't always know what the road ahead is like, but HE does.
The verse I so often quote now has such a deeper meaning, " trust in the Lord with all your heart LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, in all your ways acknowledge HIM and HE WILL direct your path. (Proverbs 3:5.6.)