according to the own due time of the Lord

. . . according to the own due time of the Lord . . .

First Nephi. Chapter Ten. Verse 3.

My schedule is busy;

I've a lot I must get done.

Time is at a premium;

I'm always on the run.

But in the midst of frenzy

there has sometimes come to me

the feeling that my timetable

is just a mockery.

The calendared appointments

disappear before my eyes,

and I am left to wonder

at the clouds up in the skies.

They do not have a deadline,

nor firm destination plans;

and God alone is cognizant

of their uncertain spans.

Humbly, then, I bow my head,

to recognize how small

is my own agenda --

and not vital after all.