When numbers 6, 7 and 8 talk back

born again

the dead spoke to me
that book unfolded an old mystery
of who done it... with only numbers 

John the Baptist leaping
six months out of the womb
when Mary's feet ran to greet
her pregnant cousin Elizabeth

John kicked.

an opening act before the headliner took center stage
his spirit transcending language
telling his mother life was 
in Mary's womb

how can an unborn child
feel a presence 
that has just taken form?

but that’s what happens
when creation recognizes its Creator

Mary got pregnant before she got pregnant 
a paradox
that she carried two births
the spiritual promise made to Adam

then bore the physical one
after she said... may it be done
this child shaped on month seven

so numbers themselves realize 
who's their maker
old creation in six 
transforming chaos to order in seven

and eight is the number they say means
new life, resurrection, starting again
not in another body
but in this one
with breath that’s been borrowed
and given back

and now it hits me
my life finally makes sense
in 2023, I was 24
a year later, I turned 25
now, I’m 26

that’s six… I’m still human
seven… I’m complete
eight… I’m resurrected

walking out this pattern
not just biologically or chronologically
but spiritually

a countdown turned inside out
like Heaven’s been marking my growth
in sacred numbers
what are the odds?

or maybe that’s no mystery
to be born again... on eight.

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Heart Call:

Numbers in the Bible carry weight. Much more than we think at first glance.

• How can you get excited about reading the bible again by looking at patterns?

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