Miracle in the making
Updated: Jan 6
It was December 2, 2017. I had other plans that went a whole different direction that night, but it was that night that God chose to redeem a 46 year moment in waiting with his in due time grace.
But let me backtrack, backtrack to a song by my home church, Substance that our pastor had written called Sun Stand Still. In that song there is a line that goes, "You caused the sun to stand still, my enemies can't last forever. You made a place for me, and I will dwell with you." It was about the miracle in Joshua 10 when the Israelites were surrounded and Joshua prayed for a miracle. God caused the sun to stand still and did the impossible. It led me to a book by Steven Furtick called Sun Stand Still: What Happens When God Does the Impossible. That led me to Elevation Church and Pastor Steven was just getting started in the Waymaker series. That is how I settled into my late October of 2107 when I did my Ancestry test. That is how I waited all of November with excitement to see what the test would offer for information.
December 2, was a mixed bag of nuts. There was bad news, but the grace of God took over the bad news with good news. My results came back from Ancestry and I learned more about my biological history that night than I had in all my previous 46 years.
It is not that I didn't look for my birth family. I had several times but always ended up at a dead end. The results told me about the DNA migration and pointed me toward 3rd and 4th close cousins but that was as close as I could get. I was happy to find a 4th cousin here in my state and have enjoyed doing things with him. I know people are apprehensive about giving out DNA, but by this point, I had the why, not mentality.
2018 was going to be my year of Intention. I started going to Elevation Church by joining the EFAM and began a book by Steven Furtick called Greater: Dream Bigger. Start Smaller. Ignite God's Vision for Your Life. My Be Brave, Be You journal was fresh as well as my hope. I was expecting the impossible this year. I knew that I needed to increase my faith and increase my dreams. I knew I needed that game-changing kind of faith. I needed to stop having limits on God and I needed to stick with God on this journey. God was inviting me to do something with him this year that would be remarkable. My heart like Joshua's made sun stands still prayers. I believed with full certainty that God was a God of miracles. I knew he had a plan and I would need to stay in sync with that plan by shifting my focus and let the invisible hand of God frame my life as I fixed my focus. There is always a delay between the promise and the fulfillment of the promise. You see this throughout the entire scripture and of course, it was true in my life.
February came and with that came a great surprise that exceeded my expectations. I logged on to Ancestry and there was for the first time, someone listed as my first cousin. Not a second. Not a third or even farther distant. First. I remember the excitement as I quickly emailed him. and gushed.
Me
Feb07, 2018…
Saludos,
Estoy llegando a ti porque en Ancestry, aprendí que de alguna manera estamos conectados. Estoy buscando juntar las piezas que faltan de mi historia cuando sea adoptado. Nací en diciembre de 1971 en Alajuela de una mujer llamada Ester. que puede o no haber sido su verdadero nombre. Mi nombre de nacimiento es Maria de los Angeles Roman Ramirez.
He tenido una vida maravillosa y maravillosa y estoy muy contenta de haber sido adoptada, estoy ansiosa por aprender más. Mi mama biológica me dio la adopción 7 semanas después de que nací. Al menos eso es lo que todos pensamos, pero ella no debe haber usado su nombre legal o uno de los apellidos estaba mal a propósito. Entonces, ahora mismo es un poco confuso........
*Luis
Feb 08, 2018
Hola prima cómo estás? Y digo prima porqué así lo creo, mi mamá me contaba cuándo estaba yo pequeño que mi tía había dado a una niña para que la adocptaran. Yo tenía como 5 años. Nadie lo creía y yo muy pequeño para entender lo que habia pasado, Román es el segundo apellido de mi tía. Me da mucha alegría que te allas comunicado conmigo. Tengo mucho tiempo de vivir en USA y cuando me veni mi mamá me dijo queditito, “ talves Te encuentres a tu prima en USA “ porque ella fue adoptada por una pareja de Norteamericanos. Buenas noches prima me tengo que ir a dormir.
*Me
Feb 08, 2018
That is me. I am that girl. I was adopted.
This window that God opened up for me after that time 46 years, Heaven had come to me. God had come to me. Heaven reached Earth. A miracle had happened. I was a miracle in the making. What miracle are you waiting for? I am here to tell you and bear witness to the fact that God has amazing things in store for you, for us. God has a greater yes in store for us as we wait. God is not a fairy godmother, he wants a relationship with us that starts with forgiveness of sins, being vulnerable through honesty and having courage.
"Your promise still stands, Great is your faithfulness. I'm still in your hands, this is my confidence you've never failed me yet. I never will forget. You never fail me yet."
