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Feb. 14, 2008
The Numbers of Waiting: Gaining the Fruit of Patience
We have been in the process of adopting three children for a very long time. Our first wait, from the day we "found" them to the day they finally came home to us, was 27 months. At the time it seemed aggravatingly slow... but when I realized that if I had been pregnant myself with each of them... how long would it have taken altogether? 27 months! And while I don't get into superstitious numerology here, there are the very simple aspects of "Biblical Numerology" of crunching the numbers in all of this waiting! The story that unfolds out of the numbers.
We waited for the three of them... Biblically, three represents completeness. Such as God is "holy, holy, holy"... he is completely holy. It also represents resurrection, and that indeed is what we pray to be bringing to the lives of our newest children... new hope in a new life.
The 27 months we waited is broken down to the number 9 (two plus seven is nine). Nine is the number of fruitfulness in the Bible. Also representing the nine fruit of the spirit named in Galatians 5:22.
So day by day, there is meaning, even in the wait, even when it doesn't seem clear... or perhaps in my small comprehension of things without any meaning at all.
Then again... sometimes... our minds open a little further and we can see a hint of order in what seems to be meaningless chaos.
Truly, " we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." So all of these numbers really only mean this: with God there is orderliness. With God there is no coincidence. And when we see this order, we are called to remember Him and his goodness toward us... and within our spirit we can gain a little more... and a little more of the grace and gifts of the spirit He so lovingly has to offer us. |
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Feb. 20, 2008 - Wow
Edited by natchan12 on Feb. 20, 2008 at 10:06 PM