“My Times are in Your Hands”

Psalm 31:15  

In 2021, I travelled to assist my sister, who lives in the Northwest. An aspect of this trip were the concepts of “Time” and “Mindfulness,” since there is a three-hour time difference between Kentucky and Washington. 

There is no direct flight from Louisville to Spokane. This meant I had to be mindful of the time difference. So, I reversed the time on my watch when I reached Denver, Colorado; a two-hour time difference. There was a four hour lay-over between flights, so I walked to a solitary place away from the crowd. We were in a Pandemic, and again I had to be mindful of protecting my health as well as my sister’s - a cancer survivor.  Daylight savings time (man-made) altered the time again, so when
I arrived at Spokane, the clock did not coincide with my watch!

We humans operate in time known as “Chronos” in Greek; “measured, ticking
like a clock, quantitative time.” Whereas God operates in “Kairos;” “a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment.” Here are a few references to time in the Bible: Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8; Genesis 4:3; Genesis 18:14; John 11: 32-44.

Our Kairos story is explained in Galatians 4:4-5 “…but when the fullness of time had come God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those who were under the law. That we might receive the adoption as sons.” So, let us praise God for Kairos. He has shown me in my life and I am sure you have seen it in yours as well, that our timing is not His, and He is always on time because He is sovereign and does all things well. 

-Vivianne Griffiths