“If you belonged to the world, it would
love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have
chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.”
“The former things will not be
remembered, nor will they come to mind…”
We do not belong to this world. Like
the rest of God’s creation, we were made for His glory, so that He could love
us and we could love Him. Our earthly home is imperfect and the people in it
sinful. Because we have God’s love living in us, all the pain and suffering
around us should break our hearts on a daily basis. Children die before they
even have a chance to live. Cancer often takes people much sooner than the
family they leave behind could wish. People lose their jobs and families go
through divorce. People lie, cheat, and steal from others. But we still have hope!
“Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not
be remembered, nor will they come to mind.” Though this world may break our
heart, and life seems unfair, though we cry now for the people we have lost, the
Lord says, “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.”
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