with you, and whenever

Met with a brother this a.m. and discussed the concept of having choices. As I walked through the three choices he had in front of him, I weighed in with a new thought: a theoretical (to us) fourth choice. That choice can't be seen by us right now but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Our puny human minds see time as linear, whereas all of eternity is laid out before an omniscient God like a series of photographs. He doesn't need to go through B and C and D to go from A to E. It's His set of photos, so why not just place E next to that A?

We see choices bound by these temporal threads. But when you consider that third choice that seems like it's more of the same, consider it in a light not bound by that sand-timer. Perhaps that more of the same is a choice that opens up another choice some two years down the road that would not open up if one of those other choices is first picked. Perhaps picking that safe third choice is really picking that E without you knowing it. All the more reason to make sure you have the Almighty in your corner acting as Guide. He knows the shortcuts, trust Him.