"Even in the most happy moments of our existance there is a tinge of sadness. In all forms of light, there is the knowledge of surrounding darkness."
Our lives here on the unredeemed earth are full of sorrow, trials and frustrated incompleteness. So rarely and briefly do we experience joy. Here communion must end, companionship give way, friends leave, purpose fades, creativity dies. Our leaps into the light of creativity and generosity sink back into the mire of the everyday, and we forget that the hights exist.
How wonderful it will be to live in the New Earth - the redeemed world where we are all in everlasting community, eternal friendship and surrounded by Him who gives all meaning, creativity and purpose! Now we travail, looking forward to His coming and bringing that world. Then, it will all come together and be united in joy - the ultimate wedding of the Lamb! All that we love will be redeemed and transformed and be its best self: wine, chocolate, swimming in the ocean, rolling down grassy hills, long nights talking with friends. Sickness will be banished, all evil, sin and suffering passed away. The Lord will live in our hearts, and we will all be His. Come soon, Lord Jesus!
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