That there, behind the nose, is last week's Worst Dinner. I decided just now that it should have a title, with capital letters. Unfortunately for the people who live here, I will likely have additions to that newly-coined category.
This particular dinner was going to get a whole post, but I just now decided that it's not worthy. It was that bad.
My heart is heavy with all the suffering going on in this world. Everywhere I turn there are hurting people. Everywhere I look there is pain, and really, to be perfectly honest, there is so much of it that I feel a sense of hopelessness. How can we fix what has been so violently broken? How can we possibly bind all the gaping (physical/spiritual/emotional) wounds? My head is shaking as I write.
We can't.
And then, a whisper in my soul says this:
"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
I turn it over and over in my mind. What, exactly, does this mean? I think it means that for those who put their trust in Jesus, there will come a day when He will set all things right. All things.Right.
I don't know how, but I do know this: He has done what He said He would do. He said He would die. He said He would rise again on the third day. I believe He is trustworthy, and I am thankful that though the world seems filled to the very brim with hurt, one day He will come again and make all.things.right.
Amen
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