Timing, and Getting It Right

I've been reading Dallin H. Oaks book titled Life's Lessons Learned: Personal Reflections. There is an entire chapter focused on timing, which he admits takes liberally from a talk first given at BYU in January 2002. Here is a Ensign article based off that talk:

http://lds.org/liahona/2003/10/timing?lang=eng&query=timing+h+%28name%3a%22Dallin+H.+Oaks%22%29 

As I read the book and the article in the Ensign, I came to some profound understanding of how the Lord works in my life. There have been times I've received personal answers to prayers, or personal revelation, that was in direct opposition to another person in the same experience. Of course, I mean the subject of marriage. I had been dating a guy for several months and we both thought it was time to ask the Lord if our relationship was headed for marriage. We both prayed; I received a "yes", he received a "no". In fact, as we sat and discussed our answers, even the very way the room felt for each of us was in direct opposition (one was freezing, the other roasting hot). I didn't understand at the time how two people could get diametrically opposed answers to the exact same question. 

Here is some insight from Elder Oaks: "I have had to learn that in most big decisions, what is most important is to do the right thing. Second, and only slightly behind the first, is to do the right thing at the right time. If we do the right thing at the wrong time, we can be frustrated and ineffective. We can even be confused about whether we have made the right choice when what was wrong was not our choice but our timing."

Elder Oaks also relies on words from Elder Neal A. Maxwell in regards to faith in the Lord's timing. Elder Maxwell says, "The issue for us is trusting God enough to trust also His timing. If we can truly believe He has our welfare at heart, may we not let His plans unfold as He thinks best? The same is true with the second coming and with all those matters wherein our faith needs to include faith in the Lord’s timing for us personally, not just in His overall plans and purposes." Even As I Am,(1982), 93.

By having, and exercising, faith in the Lord's timing, I release the pent up worry and stress and confusion that otherwise plagues me. I know Heavenly Father loves me, knows my needs, wants, and desires, and I know He has unlimited blessings He is willing to pour out upon my head. My faith, right now, is trusting that He will give me exactly what I need, even in the very moment I need it.