There is a sobering truth we are sometimes reluctant to consider, but if we examine it closely it becomes a wonderful source of hope.From the moment of our birth, our time on this earth is a clock winding down. All our material possessions eventually wear out, break down, go out of style or become obsolete and as Jesus put it, moth and rust do indeed destroy the things of this world. Like all of us, even the most stellar athlete eventually has to retire. Hairlines recede. Body shapes “re-settle” and eyesight dims. Even our most precious relationships, no matter how great or carefully preserved, eventually come to an end down here. That is the deal we have with Life. Everything we “own” is really a loan and neither spirituality nor secularism can change this.On the other hand, according to the Scriptures, the hope we have in Christ is that He is a Redeemer. Not only is He the source of all the pleasant and obvious blessings we receive, He also promises that behind the door of every loss is always a hidden blessing. A working together for good of all the painful inevitabilities of life. Life takes and He restores. Life hurts and He heals. Life depletes and He replenishes. Even when Life ends, He resurrects.
That is why having Him in our lives makes life the very best it can be.
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