Releasing a Parallel

I made a joke and she laughed...a deep, lovely belly laugh.  Her face was glowing and grinning from ear to ear.  I had never seen her quite so beautiful and quite so...well...joyfully expectant. Time was moving her into her final 20 days of pregnancy and the mounting excitement was almost tangible.

There is something about the beauty and mystery of pregnancy that holds such deep spiritual parallels.  There is growth in the secret place, aches, pains, sleepless nights a sense of mystery and miracle all to birth something that has been nurtured and patiently developed by the One who knows every cell, every moment and has a beautiful and perfect purpose to unfold. 

The pain of growth to birth the joy of life! Totally worth it whichever way you look at it!

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Releasing Truth for My Heart

I watch my pen scroll the words across the page.  I didn't know the revelatory nature of what was about to be written.  That it would be an answer to a prayer that I had never spoken out loud but only in deep guttural utterances of the soul.  I didn't want to believe that I felt this way but stuffing it down into the abyss of the unlovely was not the way to fight this goliath.

My pen lifted from the page...I stopped and read the words slowly...sounding them out as if it were a new language...something I couldn't understand but hoped in the linguistics of each syllable something recognizable would jump off the page.  And it did...oh, yes, it did! The words spoke:  HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT ME.  Without missing a beat my brain replies "I KNOW!"  My heart pauses and begins to choke out the words "I.DIDN'T.KNOW"  I gasp as I realize these words were written for my heart to see and to know and to believe...revelation.

Prayers unanswered, it can feel like silence is setting in all around me.  I watch the miracles rise up for others...but where is my miracle?  It's too ugly to ask that question to a God that I KNOW is near and is good so I scold the thought and bury it deep inside never wanting to catch a glimpse of it again!  Threatening all that's within me to keep that ugly nonsense hidden away.  But this cancerous lie began to spoil the good that surrounded it and the stink would rise occasionally.  My offense would lay seemily dormant until a weak moment when my guard was down or my heart was open and the stench was too much for anyone to bear.  And bear it on my own, I could do no more.

"Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!" Isaiah 49:15

He knows the truth...He IS the TRUTH. And the truth is He carries the revelation you need...He has not, and will not ever forget about you!

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Releasing Insight From You-of-the-Future

In the midst of the uncertainty, as you stand trying to make sense of what you don't understand, not being able to see beyond the difficulty of right now, close your eyes and picture this:

The you of the future.  In 1 year...5 years...maybe 10 years from now.  It may seem far, but it can pass by in the blink of an eye.  So this you-of-the-future is standing here with the you-of-right-now...looking at your circumstances with you.  after your prayers of today have been answered, your wounds of today have been healed, the knowledge you've gained with the years has brought insight and clarity and peace for the circumstances of today.  The you of today has morphed and grown.  Let her stand with you, right now and hear her speak words of encouragement to you.  What would she say?  "It's all going to work out"; "don't waste your time worrying"; "the future is more than you hoped for"; "you are not alone".  

Let her help you to rejoice in the miracles you can't see today but that she knows is just around the corner.  Rejoice in thankfulness today knowing your world will not stay forever as it is right now.

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