Excerpt from "My Daily Psalms and Prayers"-February 19

At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love, answer me.  With your faithful help, rescue me from sinking in the mire. (Psalms 69:13-14)

Dear Lord, I usually track quite well with the psalmist.  The details are different, but the essential situation still exist-trouble, enemies, and a need for deliverance in tough times.  This particular psalm is the story of my life, too.  So, I have to laugh a little when the psalmist cries out for help "at an acceptable time."  As I picture it, the psalmist is sinking in quicksand, about to be swallowed up, and the prayer is: "When You have a minute, Lord, if it's not too much trouble, would You think about saving me?"  I laugh, but then I realize that time is often the issue.  I pray for all sorts of things that I want now, and I complain when You don't immediately respond.  Maybe, in Your wisdom, You're just waiting for "an acceptable time."

God has all the time in the world, and then some.