Yesterday morning on my run I prayed for my children, all 6 of them. I ran down the list of names, praying for needs I can see and those that I cannot, understanding that He knows and understands all that my children are in need of. He is a far better parent than I could ever dream of being, so I lay them down at His feet, again.
As I prayed for my two beautiful girls that are separated from us by an ocean I prayed for the adoption process, again. Prayed for a smooth process, again. Prayed for a timely process, again. And then I began to think of all the days we have waited, we have prayed, all the days we have waited for a phone call or an email and I wondered how many more we will wait through ...
And then ... He answered me, in a quite and gentle voice ... He reminded me that He is not bound by time and space ... that He is not counting the days ... for Him the past is the present and the present is the future ... and to Him the adoption is complete ... I am already their mother ... for Him that is not confined by time as I am ... it is already finished ...
For me time is linear and space seems to be an unsurpassable obstacle and I count the days, the hours, the minutes and I am bound by time and space. But our God is not. As I counted down the last few minutes of the last few miles of the run I was painfully reminded that my body and my mind are in a constant battle with time and space, but not my spirit. My spirit has been brought to life, quickened by the Spirit of God and therefore my spirit is not bound in the same manner as my body and my mind. In my spirit, it is already finished. In my spirit we are not trapped in time and geographical spaces, we are united as one family, bound by the love of God and united by His Spirit. Regardless of the minutes, the days, the miles that we toil through, regardless that our bodies and minds are temporarily stuck in this linear treadmill of time, our spirits are not. And for whatever you wait and pray for ... know that through Him it is already done ... know that in your spirit you commune with a God that is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient.
