The Ultimate Time Traveler

God is the ultimate time traveler, did you ever think about that?  I have been praying about some heavy stuff.  I have been praying for a miracle of healing for my friend LaDonne.  I was praying she would walk out of SLU on her own accord.  That didn't happen. She has been transferred to Herrin for therapy, which in itself is an answer to prayer.  It just isn't the answer I was praying for.

I have been praying for years for a grandchild.  I am praying for Brittany and Will in their adoption, but that hasn't happened yet either.

Not as important, but I have been praying for our house to sell for nine months.  It is still on the market.

These are things that only God can orchestrate.  Things that really are out of my control.  That can be a hard one for me, out of my control.

Brett and I were talking about this last night.  Many times when Brett and I talk or I ask him a question, I tell him "Do not give me your Pastor answer."  Brett said, "Janet, I think you forget that God lives outside of time. Two days, ten days, two years, ten years, your time frame is different than Gods. God doesn't just see the future, He is in the future. God is already in the future with us laughing and playing with this grandbaby. Ok, so it was a great pastor's answer, and it really got me thinking.

That is comforting to me, that God is already waiting in the future for me.  That he does not just see or know the future he is in the future.  He is not just the I AM, He is also the I WAS, and I WILL BE.

He is already walking in the future with LaDonne.  He already knows if she is using her legs or her arms as they walk along.  He is already in the future with Brittany and Will and this precious baby. He is already at the first day of kindergarten.

I was thinking about all of that this morning as I sat down to read my Bible.  I am reading in Exodus, that fascinating part how the ark, the table, the tabernacle, the lamp stands, and the courtyard should all be constructed.

My flesh said, you are going to find no comfort, or feel good verse here, skip on over to Psalms and Proverbs.  But, I am doing this book study on Sunday mornings with my class called "Women of the Word."  It is about how we read the Bible wrong.  How we go to it looking for answers for ourselves. When we should be reading it to find out who God is.

So, I opened my Bible and stayed in Exodus. I began reading ALL the instructions to Moses, those exact instructions down to the 1/2 foot, the type of wood to use, the colors of fabric, the exact weight in gold for each piece. The more I read, the more God said, I am a God of details.

God has every detail of LaDonne's healing and recovery already planned out.  God has every detail of this adoption and baby already planned out.  God has every detail of the sale of our house already planned out.  He said to my heart, "be patient my daughter, and trust me."

Today I am glad my God is a God who transcends time, that he is already waiting in the future for me. I am thankful my God is a God of details.  I don't have to worry or stress about the future he has already taken care of every detail.

Exodus 26:1-2 "Make the tabernacle from ten curtains of finely woven linen.  Decorate the curtain with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.  These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size 42 feet long and 6 feet wide."

  
  

LIFE

Somewhere right now a birth Mom is giving birth to a baby she will not be bringing home.  For whatever reason, the hopes and dreams she may have one day had of being a Mom and raising a child didn't come true.  Not this time anyway, but she values life and is making a birth plan for this precious baby.

Somewhere right now a couple is in a labor and delivery room giving birth to a baby, a baby that may only live a few days or a few hours.  They have known that since the beginning of the second trimester but chose life because they know how precious life is.   They know that God has a plan for this little life no matter how short it is.  They know this baby of theirs will impact others and has a purpose.

Somewhere right now a couple is getting ready to go in the morning for IVF.  They have been trying and waiting for years for God to bless them with a child.  They chose IVF because they value life and are willing to go through shots and hormones, and financial debt just to be parents because they value life.

Somewhere right now a couple is preparing for a C-section in the morning.  They have been very quiet and somber about this birth.  This baby is a rainbow baby.  A child born after a miscarriage or loss of an infant.  They spent this pregnancy afraid to get excited, afraid of what might go wrong, afraid the joy of this baby might overshadow the precious child they didn't get to bring home.  But they tried again because they value life.

Somewhere right now parents are meeting their child for the first time.  This child may be in it's teens, it may be days old, or it may only be hours old.  They have been waiting years to meet him or her.  They have saved, and sacrificed, and raised money to bring this child home.  They have gone through the ups and downs of hope shattered, and faith tested.  They have waited and then waited some more to be able to bring this child home to their forever family.  They know the value of life.

Somewhere right now there is a woman thinking back on a decision that was made 30 years ago. Her family doesn't know, her friends don't know.  It was a time when she was young, scared, and alone. She felt like she had no one to go to, and no where to turn.  But a day doesn't go by that she doesn't wonder, what color eyes would she have had.  What would she have grown up to be. A day doesn't go by that she doesn't regret the decision that she made.  If she could go back she would do it different because she values life.      

Sometimes in the mundane of the every day we take the value of life for granted.  We forget the high price God paid for life.  When we do we devalue the cross.  God values each and every life enough, that he send His son to die on the cross, so that we could have life and have it abundantly.   We need to live each day in the abundance.

John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.  I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."