Good Morning Friends,
“Behold, I will create new heavens and a new
earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But
be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem
to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take
delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no
more. Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an
old man who does not live out his years; he who dies at a hundred will be
thought a mere youth; he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered
accursed.” (Isaiah 65:17-20)
“‘Before they call I will answer; while they
are still speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and
the lion will eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food. They
will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,’ says the LORD.” (Isaiah
65:24-25)
I don’t know of anyone who needs to be
reminded that life is hard. This world we live in is marred. It is way less
than perfect. It’s polluted. It attacks man with a vengeance sometimes that
includes tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, heat, cold, and on and on the
disasters go.
Life isn’t fair, not here on earth. Death has
no minimum age. It strikes, sometimes even the very young, and sometimes in the
prime of life. Competition is fierce. It’s truly a dog-eat-dog world. The lion
chases its prey and so on down the entire food chain.
This world is not a pretty place to live, not
in a lot of ways!
But here’s the exciting promise of God: this
world isn’t all there is!
There is another world coming, a new heaven
and a new earth. The next time around the unpleasantness of this earth will be
wiped away. Death and pain will be a thing of the past. Competition on all
levels will be gone. Not even the memories of earth’s pain will remain.
Focus on life in this world, and it can be
pretty depressing. Focus on the life to come, and there is great hope! The best
is yet to be!
In His Grace,
Steve
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