Broken?
It’s been quite an interesting few weeks in my life and ministry. A pattern has continued to rear it’s incredibly ugly, yet true head.
We live in a broken world.
I know, that likely blew you away. Kidding. I know you know that because as your eyeballs scan these letters your heart, mind and flesh is entrenched in a battle for the direction of your life. You know that. You live it every day. Some days you find yourself making more wise choices than not. Some days… well you know.
The last few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to walk alongside some friends/families/students who have been stung with the harsh reality of how broken our world is. And to be honest, it stinks. Bad. Real bad.
It’s times like these that remind me that as followers of Christ, this is not home. And I am SO glad that is true. But, He has us here and we need to make the most of every day He gives us. I was talking with my high school guys in our group this week and I mentioned that this time of the school year is the doldrums… this is the ‘just get by” time. We can’t do that. We can’t let our guard down and make our goal to simply survive. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about making the most of today while it’s here. And then making the most of tomorrow… when it comes.
You see, hope in Christ is life changing. It sometimes is the only thing that can carry you through the brokenness of our world. As fragile and broken creatures, we need something greater than us to cling onto to. The last few weeks have reminded me what can happen if you move your focus from the hope that is in Christ to the brokenness in our world.
It’s interesting because as I am working on book 2, the reality of some of the content is rearing it’s ugly head to some I have the opportunity to walk through life with. And all along I’m reminded that this world is not home. It’s where He has us for now, but this is not the perfect place of being with God… and I’m grateful for that.
So here’s a reminder that although we live in a broken world… we serve a God who is far from that and in Him we can find restoration and hope.