On the Day of the Lord - the day when God makes everything right, the day that everything sad comes untrue - on that day the same thing will happen to your own hurts and sadness. You will find that the worst things that have ever happened to you will in the end only enhance your eternal delight. On that day, all of it will be turned inside out and you will know joy beyond the walls of the world. The joy of your glory will be that much greater for every scar you bear. - Tim KellerGod is redeeming... Everything that is sad will one day be untrue. What a thought. Today is the 2nd anniversary of the ultimate change in my life... that one encounter that altered everything in the course of my life. Granted, it didn't surprise God... it was a part of his ultimate plan, set into motion before creation... carried throughout the Old Testament, the New Testament- throughout history... He knew it would bring me to that point. He knew that it had to happen to redeem me as his own.
But during this process..
nothing is wasted.
sometimes we are waiting
in sorrow we have tasted.
But joy will replace it.
Nothing is wasted,
in the hands of our redeemer,
nothing is wasted.
The period of intense grief and sorrow was not wasted. In the days since January 22, 2014, not a day has been wasted. He is redeeming me... delivering me, rescuing me, setting me apart for his purposes, paying my debt in full.
With that being said, I can echo the words of Paul...
In due time, Christ will redeem me and make all the sadness untrue. I won't even remember the sadness because I will celebrate something even greater... the Love of the Father.
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