"Jesus appears to be holding out his hand to us even as he calls us. He tells us he will provide a bridge over the chasm if we will abide in him. We hear his words, but such language is strange to us, sounding like the dialects of many who have used us or consumed us and then left us along the highway, exposed and alone. We pull back. Many of us return to Vanity Fair and mortgage our heart to purchase more of what is religiously or materially familiar. A few of us arouse our spirit and take a step toward the chasm."
Brent Curtis
What chasm has God led you to today and bids you to cross? For us, it is adoption. Everything else seems on hold in our lives as we navigate this process. It is hard to think of anything else right now. The expectation, the hope, the anxiety is the same as the final days of a pregnancy. The other pieces of life are suspended until this event ushers in new life. The difference with adoption is that there is no due date. This final waiting could be days, weeks, months. God is the only one with knowledge of when this waiting ends. He has not delighted to let us in on His plan so far. The chasm seems to take too much energy to cross. Yet it is where He leads. I pray to find the bridge across the chasm that lets me rest in Him.
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