long distance realization

A mother's day call... from the son who took the international flight... asking us to get online to Skype...

An amazing thing... to see one so far away... and speak face to face...

11 pm there... 4 pm here... a difference that highlights the distance...

The talk of continually hearing a foreign language... making his heart sick for home... reminds that we are literally in different lands...

The son looks tired... the call comes to a close... the separation... by hours... and time zones... oceans... and cultures... makes a mom's heart... homesick for her son...

My thoughts turn to a friend... I saw today... one who lost her son in a car accident a little over a year ago... a separation... Skype can't span... a separation... that from this perspective... seems eternal... my heart aches... for her... and I wonder... if I could stand such a loss...  I wonder at her smile... on this Mother's Day...

But I am reminded... in Christ... Believers are connected... and even the separation of death... is temporary... a barrier He crosses... a Paradise... He prepares... for those who believe...

I call on Him... pray for my son... remember that we are Spirit-connected... in Him we are one... no distance... too far for Him to span... to encourage hearts...

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38-39 ESV

And all Believers... in Him... are one together...

For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body... and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 12:13

So... Father God... today... I thank You for Skype... but mostly I thank You for Jesus... through whom we have access to the Spirit... all who Believe... connected to You... and to each other... all waiting... and ultimately longing... for You...