There is plenty of time if you don’t hurry.
~ Peter Henniker-Heaton, Peter Henniker-Heaton, Man of Joy, by Kim Schuette, p. xiii
Plenty of time
March 10, 2026 | 27 comments
Spiritual ideas that inspire healing
March 10, 2026 | 27 comments
There is plenty of time if you don’t hurry.
~ Peter Henniker-Heaton, Peter Henniker-Heaton, Man of Joy, by Kim Schuette, p. xiii
If I hurry it would be because I do not believe there is enough time. If I trust God, all unfolds in His divine order and there is no time factor only the unfoldment of Principle’s absolute control.
this topic and John’s response has brought to mind a Japanese version of 23rd Psalm by Tokio Megashie
The Lord is my Pace-setter, I shall not rush;
He makes me stop for quiet intervals.
He provides me with images of stillness, which restore my serenity;
He leads me in ways of efficiency through calmness of mind,
and His guidance is peace.
Even though I have a great many things to accomplish each day,
I will not fret, for His presence is here.
His timelessness, His all-importance, will keep me in balance.
He prepares refreshment and renewal in the midst of activity,
anointing my mind with His oils of tranquility.
My cup of joyous energy overflows.
Surely, harmony and effectiveness shall be the fruits of my hours,
For I shall walk in the pace of my Lord, and dwell in His house forever.
I love this version. Thank you.
Excellent!!!! So many thx
love this. Thanks
Beautiful Thank you.
Thus is lovely idear,thank you!
Love this
Such a clear thought
Wow such a beautiful interpretation of Psalm 23. I shall share it with the local community.
Thank you so much for this!
Thank you. This is lovely. I wish I had it when I was still working. But I will pass it along to my friends and family who still are.
Thank you – really beautiful
Amen 1,000 times over for that! That is just the refreshment I needed; being a university student, it resonated miles with me at first glance. The Lord is indeed our Pace-Setter. Human will would have us rush, and by constant pressure break the spirit and open up a can of worms, thus allowing for stagnation, death, and discord to set in. But with our Father-Mother God, progress is swift yet steady, as She enables us to discover what is already established.
Wowee, Idear, Thanks so very much for sharing that BEAUTIFUL inspiration of Ps 23!!!
I love this! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you Evan for this helpful reminder, and thank you John for your input.
I have noticed that when I settle down to pray without thinking about the time factor,
when I have finished, I notice that although it seemed like quite a long time that I was
praying, when I looked a the clock, it didn’t register a long time. But if I thought
I had a limited time to pray, I wasn’t free from this limitation and didn’t seem to have
enough time to complete all the praying I desired to cover.. So i now just set to and
concentrate on the praying and aways have enough time to do other things that need doing.
I remember there was a Lecture “Time is not a factor “several years ago. I think this is it:
https://youtu.be/iSpcmLqmenI?si=7M2bRIW-H-GUZiDw
Thank you John for that peaceful idea of trusting the perfect unfoldment of God’s, Princile’s, absolute control! It does away with any sense of time, hurry or worry & is liberating!
This is a very needed spiritual view in the world focus on so much to do. I confess that I feel that way sometimes as well. Thank you Evan and idear for the beautiful poem, helping me on my spiritual journey.
Wow, what a perfect topic Evan! Thank you John for your inspiration and idear for The Japanese version of the 23rd psalm.How perfect is that? As well as all the other comments this morning.
Yesterday morning, I was reading an Journal article called Healing:. It’s not all up to you by Nicki Paullk interviewed by David Brown. “Whatever you hold in your thought governs your experience.” I needed to hear as I had been rather stressed out about our taxes. We were no longer being provided a tax organizer, and the work ahead of us seemed rather daunting. Turning to God and seeing what he had in store was very quieting. I listened and step-by-step it is coming together….a great beginning…Yesterday all that needed to get done….got done.
The article brings out that when we turn to God and see what God is knowing and seeing a shift takes place in thought. And the trouble becomes less impressive, and then gone.
I am most grateful!
Simply, isn’t it?!
Yes and no.
Yes for the spiritual sense and all the Substance that our weekly Bible Lesson speaks.
No, for all the rest – and that does not matter.
Thank you, Evan! And idear for that wonderful interpretation of Psalm 23.
A friend shared with me that when we rush, we lose our sense of God’s presence. When we rush we often become selfish and stressed–definitely not Godlike qualities. I’ve often remembered that when the temptation to rush comes to thought, and it’s helped me stay calm and loving.
I have always thought of being hurried or frustrated as human planning based. Hurry is a false sense of placing human will over Divine Law….”I am All”. Hurry and frustration may result from the need for human sense and its planning to take over…a false methodology. What we must know and realize is the simple fact that God’s actioni and “flow” are always perfect. No human planning of any kind, hurried or otherwise, is not God’s work. It is human planning based in human sense. Frustration and hurry place human sense before God… Letting something unfold at God’s direction is that which one must know. After all, the purpose of God’s Law of Adjustment is always to “;..correct, govern, harmonize and adjust” in accord with God’s Law. We don’t need to hurry….we simply have to know “…the battle is not yours…but God’s…”
If one hurrys out of human sense and its frustration, the outcome is never “the best”. Allowing God to govern any situation places the best outcome at our feet. The best outcome is always “God-directed”.
The message today and those expanded upon are so helpful. Thank you all and
especially found comforting the 23rd Psalm and lecture. Today’s quote reminds
me of the following:
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you
plant” – Robert Louis Stevenson
(and the following with authors unknown),
“Not seeing results? Feel like giving up? Consider this:
The last thing to grow on a fruit tree … is the fruit”
“Look at a tree when you lose hope. First it was a seed below the ground
and only with patience it was able to touch the sky above”
And a Chinese proverb,
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best “time” is now”.
I often think of the phrase in the 3rd verse of hymn 136 – “time and space and fear are naught”, and it relieves pressure and gets me where I need to be when I need to be.
Wow! Thanks, Evan, and thanks to all who responded this morning! I love the Japanese interpretation of the 23rd Psalm in the link to David Hohle’s lecture about time.
Many times I’ve been tempted to think I didn’t have enough time to get ____ done, but when I clung to the fact that all things are possible to God… the stillness I needed was evident and all got accomplished when needed.
Love you, Evan, for all your views to enlighten us spiritually, and can’t thank you all enough for the expanded ideas on loving thoughts shared each day!
So, so Grateful!
I read this on a tea bag tag (of all places!), a quote from Lao Tzu: “Nature never hurries, Yet everything is accomplished.”