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Timing

“Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer----Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite.  The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab."  Judges 3:15 As my car spun out of control on the snowy highway, all I could do was wait for it to stop.  Neither braking nor turning the steering wheel made any difference whatsoever.  We came to a stop in the plowed snow on the  other  side of the highway just as the oncoming traffic blew by.  What could have been our last day on earth instead became a simple phone call to get towed out.  The difference between those two outcomes?  Timing.  A second earlier, a second later ... disaster.  Fundamentally, timing involves two things - people and circumstances.  Consider your introduction to your spouse.  Two people at the same place at the same time who happened to be predisposed to being attracted to each o...