What is it that drives us? What keeps us going? Why do we continue on, knowing that pain is coming? Sure we expect good times. We know that there will be seasons and even just mere moments of pure happiness. To sit back and look at our lives and evaluate. Is life a collage of disturbing, horrid gut-wrenching agony? I wonder how many sit in their rooms at night, thinking, musing, and contemplating the things we face as human beings. We suffer. We go through unspeakable atrocities of mind, body, and spirit throughout our short existence on earth. We feel physical pain. We grieve loss of those we love and endure with family even when the anguish is not ours to bare. We let people give into addiction, self-mutilation, and suicide. We hurt those we love, sometimes by accident, often on purpose. We watch and laugh at the humiliation of others. We manipulate, antagonize, and dismiss in order to feel better about ourselves. We cheapen love and substitute intimacy. We murder, lie, torture and abuse. We scream in silent agony when someone rejects us. We bury our past, and gamble our future. We let apathy dictate our priorities. We control and seduce, break hearts and crush dreams. We are selfish, arrogant, petty, and sinister. We let fear guide our steps. We use hate to push others away so we don't have to be accountable for our actions. We are weak, impatient, short-tempered, and small.
SO, WHAT HOPE IS THERE FOR US?
The answer is simple. So simple that it's hard to believe. There is one Hope for us. Only one. But one is enough.
Jesus.
"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment."
(Revelation 21:3-6 ESV)
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“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
ReplyDelete― C.S. Lewis, Weight of Glory and Other Addresses
I am so glad you write these blogs! It is so nice to sit back and read, but also refreshing and encouraging. Many times, if not all times, exactly what I need to hear. I relate to this one for sure.
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