Quotes

My family takes the cake when it comes to quotes! It's like an improv trivia game every day, especially for outsiders. Kevin hasn't even seen half the movies we quote regularly, but now he knows which quote is from where.

Sometimes we even quote ourselves, because as 6 year old Deborah would say, "I especially like the way I talk." I mean, can you get any more quotable than that?!

One very quotable movie is the epic Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. I pick Fellowship because 1.) I have seen it the most and 2.) I think it has the best lines. My most favorite and the most epic line and scene is Gandalf's "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" I like to recreate this any time I have a large stick in my hands.

Recently, due to upcoming changes in our life, I have been thinking of another great line from Gandalf at the very beginning of the film. As Gandalf arrives to the Shire on his cart, Frodo confronts him with a smirk, saying, "You're late!" Gandalf's response is perfect: "A wizard is never late, Frodo. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

Isn't that just like God? I am in a constant state of wishing to be further along in my life, to have something I don't yet have, longing for something that seems just outside my grasp. Why am I wishing my life away for things that are so far outside of my control, no matter how much I believe I have power over it? For a year and a half, Kevin and I have been expectant of a change we thought was just around the corner at any minute, not understanding what was taking so long. And still we can only grasp at benefits of waiting and growing, but ultimately the answer is that God is never late. Nor is He early. And we are precisely in His timing, just as we have been all along.

If only that would just stick in my head for longer than one minute!