"Is Everything Sad Going to Come Untrue?" -Samwise Gamgee
Friday, December 14, 2012 at 1:27PM Everything fades into the distance. Only one thing stays, comes sharply into focus.
Mike and I have been trying to decide what kind of new cell phone to get. There are so many choices! The one we'd love to have is unavailable right now.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I don't have a dinner plan. I thought we could eat leftover meatloaf, but there isn't enough for everyone (or even two). I don't really have a back-up plan.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
Christian has a friend coming over after school today, and my house is a wreck.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
What does matter? What is important today? Right now? This instant?
Take hold of them and love them. Play that game. Finish that schoolwork. Make those cookies.
That one thing, it comes into focus, sharply, painfully, and in an instant we know, just like we've always known but sometimes forget, we are waiting for the One who will make all things new.
We wait for the One who will make all things new, so that one day we can say with everlasting joy,"Is everything sad going to come untrue?"
Pray for the families of the children lost, the families of the others whose lives were taken, those who were witnesses, those who came to aid, and for the family of the young man who is responsible.
Lord, hear our prayers.
Reader Comments (1)
Amen!