"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. Isaiah 55: 8
Four years is a long time to not have heard from someone you love. It is time enough, however, to begin to wonder if you will ever hear from them again or ever have them near. It is long enough to see hope begin to wither. By human standards, that is. By the standards of The One Who Rules Time, things work a little different. Sometimes, it is so different that it is almost impossible to comprehend. But it doesn’t matter in the end, for we have the certainty that, even when we don’t understand them, His ways are best.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.…Isaiah 55:9
The phone rings and a voice you thought forgotten travels across the distance and the disappointments, making you believe again. Though still miles away, the hope of a bridge that will close the wide gap carved by pain emerges as a faint promise in the horizon. And you dare to dream one more time.
It is not a dream, however, if it comes from the hands of the Most High. It is just part of the unfolding of His plan, written for each of His children individually, since before we were in our mother’s wombs. He has always known. Nothing surprises Him. The depth of our despair doesn’t repel Him. The extreme of our need and loneliness doesn’t scare Him. There is no place He cannot find us. We are never so lost that the sound of His voice calling our names cannot reach us. He is the Good Shepherd and He watches over us even when we don’t see Him or have forgotten about Him. His plan of redemption is flawless, even when it sometimes includes gaping wounds that we don’t know how to mend. He is in charge of them. He heals them with His touch. He heals them with His love and He makes us whole again.
Four years is a long time to wait to hear from someone. But it may just be long enough for Love to allow the healing to begin.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7
Linking with: Titus-2sday and Counting Our Blessings
Four years is a long time but He can truly heal all broken relationships. I haven't seen a rotary dial phone in forever! Your picture made me smile :). I hope you are feeling better Gisela! I'm sure that phone call helped on so many levels...
ReplyDeleteHi Candace, and yes, the phone call helped in many levels : ) and the rotary dial phone was a tribute to my Dad since he still had one that looked just like that one up until the day he passed away last year...I truly miss him very much, and I know he would have rejoiced in the phone call too...sometimes, though...we don't get to see certain things on this side of Paradise. Thanks for your visit and your good wishes. Hugs
DeleteWhat a beautiful post! I needed to be reminded of this truth - God's plan is perfect and His time is not our time. I'm so glad you shared this post on my Counting Our Blessings link up! It so blessed me! I pray that God's healing hand will continue to heal this relationship and bless it great ways!
ReplyDeleteMany blessings - Julie
Thank you Julie for taking the time to come and visit, and yes, this is a reminder to all of us, we all need to keep in mind that God's plan and timing, though sometimes very different from ours, are always perfect!
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