We exist in a broken world but scripture insists; we are bride preparing for her groom.
Tag: future
God’s plans come to fruition. It may take decades or even centuries, but His will happens. If this is true of destruction, it is equally true of construction. If He wills it, He will build it.
In seasons of crisis, we can choose to listen to proven voices. Scripture is the most proven voice of all. We go with the Word instead of our feelings. We follow God instead of our gut. And God promises, the very best is still around the bend.
More than a decade ago, I had gone to the grocery store with my mom picking up a few things. It was the week between Christmas and New Year’s and she was on the hunt for pumpernickel bread and pickled herring. I must have blanched when she flagged down an employee and made her request because once she found her wares, she turned to me and indicted: “Don’t you eat picked herring and pumpernickel on New Year’s? It’s good luck.”
Unforgiveness embitters. It’s been compared to a poison we drink in hope of destroying others. It does, in fact, destroy others, just not the others we had in mind. Unforgiveness infiltrates our family first. It is blight in the branches of our family tree.
If Jesus, with full knowledge of His terrible fate, was still able to staunchly march forward into a challenging future, what about us?
“Look straight ahead and fix your eyes on what lies before you.” (Proverbs 4:25 NLT) The words lit up my phone before I’d even climbed out of bed to face the new year. A proverb passed on from a friend: Solomon’s wisdom still steadying some…