For as the
earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown
in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to
spring forth before all nations. Isaiah 61:11
The Lord God will.
It is so easy to get weighed down by the ugliness
and the pain and the cruelty, but hope springs forth. The enemy is the one who
fills our thoughts with despair and accusations. But what is trustworthy is
that He is faithful and He is at work to His good purposes of love and
restoration.
And my science class is all about seeing.
Noticing. And green buds abound, much like this rocky desert in monsoon season.
And whether we are listening to tales told by Olympic refugees or a gymnast
abandoned by her drug-addicted mother or following Nicole’s Amalfi Coast conversations
or heartbreaking through childhood stories drafted by my eighth graders, after
death comes life.
Glory be to God the
Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, so it
is now and so it shall ever be, world without end. Alleluia. Amen.
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