I love the timeless universal truth that John Eldredge unpacks below…Restoration…there is a ray of sunshine and hope that fills our hearts when we truly reflect on this amazing God Truth…our loving Heavenly Father will bring all things into Restoration one day…everything…when we have a personal relationship with Him, there is a rock-solid “anchor” we can hold on to as His children…and it’s called, Restoration!
One day, He will restore everything…all those “broken” things in your life today and in this world will one day be Restored by our loving Father…everything. So, how does intersect my life and your life today? It gives us HOPE…it gives us ENDURANCE…to know that the suffering, trials, hardships, no-win situations are only temporary…that one day we will spend not years…nor decades…nor centuries…nor millenniums…but an eternity enjoying, celebrating, and dancing to our loving Father’s perfect RESTORATION of ALL things…
This truth makes me want to dance this morning…I hope you are blessed, encouraged, and hugged with a Heavenly Hug as I am today…with renewed vigor to face the challenges, bumps in the road, trials, and difficulties that life throws our way…
Surrendering…
Jared
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| Restoration
Look at the life of Jesus. Notice what he did. When Jesus touched the blind, they could see; all the beauty of the world opened before them. When he touched the deaf, they were able to hear; for the first time in their lives they heard laughter and music and their children’s voices. He touched the lame, and they jumped to their feet and began to dance. And he called the dead back to life and gave them to their families. Do you see? Wherever humanity was broken, Jesus restored it. He is giving us an illustration here, and there, and there again. The coming of the kingdom of God restores the world he made. God has been whispering this secret to us through creation itself, every year, at springtime, ever since we left the Garden. Sure, winter has its certain set of joys. The wonder of snowfall at midnight, the rush of a sled down a hill, the magic of the holidays. But if winter ever came for good and never left, we would be desolate. Every tree leafless, every flower gone, the grasses on the hillsides dry and brittle. The world forever cold, silent, bleak. After months and months of winter, I long for the return of summer. Sunshine, warmth, color, and the long days of adventure together. The garden blossoms in all its beauty. The meadows soft and green. Vacation. Holiday. Isn’t this what we most deeply long for? To leave the winter of the world behind, what Shakespeare called “the winter of our discontent,” and find ourselves suddenly in the open meadows of summer? If we listen, we will discover something of tremendous joy and wonder. The restoration of the world played out before us each spring and summer is precisely what God is promising us about our lives. Every miracle Jesus ever did was pointing to this Restoration, the day he makes all things new. (Epic, 82–83) |
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