555
(3)
(days between, not including dates)
August 30, 2021
Persis Divorce Finalized
“DEATH”
March 9, 2023
Lisa Arrives in the U.S.
“LIFE”
To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. - Isaiah 61:3 NLT
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. - Matthew 5:4 NIV84
"I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. [3] If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance." - Mark 8:2-3 NIV84
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. [6] If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. [7] And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. - 2 Corinthians 1:5-7 NIV84
Sandwiched perfectly in between the dates of August 30, 2021 (The official date in the divorce decree “DEATH”, although technically off by one day ), to March 9, 2023, the day Lisa arrived in the US for the first time to meet me “LIFE”, not including the event days was exactly 555 days of waiting on God in between! When I think of the timing, first knowing that Persis (2nd spouse) showed up three days late to sign the initial divorce petition, and then how against all our expectations, God led us to finally have her fly here, it is just amazing! With 555 having such a strong meaning of God’s promised deliverance to me, (As told in Trusting God in the Storm), I can think of no more of a satisfying “deliverance” than to see that picture above of me getting to hug my wife, taking our first step into God’s resurrection life in the area of marriage where we both had seen so much DEATH!
It is remarkable to me that God followed the exact pattern in this 555 day event, where I actually get to meet Lisa, with the pattern of all four of the 777 day divorce and remarriage events, where there are two clearly related “death” and “life” events, separated precisely by a period of 777 days in between, or in this case 555 days in between, such that the time period precisely separates the death and life events with perfection! What glory to our omnipotent King!!!