This picture can hardly do justice to the messy situation residing inside my purse. I usually keep the mess tucked away and out of view, but I became quite self-conscious this morning as I realized I needed to turn over my purse to the scrutiny of hospital security.
As I set my purse onto the table, I kind of held it with one hand and opened it with the other, sequestering some of the mess from the public eye. Yet needing to get a better view of the contents of my purse, the security gaurd passed me through the metal detector while he used one of those long wooden poles to expose all the hidden corners of my mess.
“Sir, I’m so embarrassed!! It’s so messy.”
With the kindest of eyes he looked at me and said, “I don’t see a mess. I see a comeback!” 😭
Tears sprang to the corners of my eyes.
You see, the first 22 days of 2022 have been messier than expected. It is as if I was lulled to sleep with the thrill of hope, but woke up to the sad reality that the messes of yesterday are still present today. The sadnesses and sickness, the weary weight of unanswered prayers and the apprehension of an unknown future. They are all still here.
But this is what I know about God’s Kingdom: He rules.
Until Heaven arrives in full glory, suffering is here to stay. But in God’s Kingdom, the pain we carry becomes a privilege.
Why? Because it casts within us a Christlike heart AND we sit front row to watch our suffering bow at the feet of Jesus.
In God’s Kingdom our hope is secure! He will fashion gardens from our deserts, flip deep mourning into joy, and celebrate with us as ashes of lament become a color-filled dance.
So hold on sister! The truth about being a daughter in God’s Kingdom is that what you see as a mess, He sees as a comeback!! ❤️
(Genesis 50; Romans 8)
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