" No meaning? Are you saying that time is irrelevant to the working of the bneri?” “It works outside of time, as thought is outside of time. Therefore you cannot ask 'when' of it.” “I don't get it at all,” muttered Spence. “Do you?” “I think so,” said Adjani. “Prayer often works the same way. We sometimes see that the seeds of the answer to our prayer have been sown before we even knew to pray. This is possible because God is not confined to time as we are. Past, present, future—he moves through each as he will. "

― Stephen R. Lawhead , Dream Thief