Standing in the shade of a building this morning, I shivered
and complained of the cold. Don responded that it was a beautiful day.
It is. He is right. The sun is out, doing its best to dispel
the cold from its wintry distance. The birds are singing. The bulbs are up and
the snowdrops are out and spring is on its way.
It is so easy to complain of one thing and thereby miss the
blessing of something else. Mea culpa.
Focus. It’s no good focusing on what I don’t like because
then I miss the wider picture and the blessings that go with it.
The news is filled with dismal stories from round the world,
but I’ve just been reading about how people are like grass, which withers and
dies in the blink of an eye. Powerful people who wreak havoc across the nations
will not be around forever.
I don’t want to focus on situations which steal my peace and
rob me of my joy. I don’t want to ignore them either, because I believe we are
all to seek justice for the vulnerable and oppressed. One way to do that is to
bring them before God, the Sovereign Lord who comes with power.
Believing in the power of prayer, I have hope that things
can change.
The other thing I read in this Isaiah 40 passage is that
those who have good news need to get out and share it. Jesus is good news.
The good news of Jesus puts everything else into the shivery shade.
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