Yesterday was National Puppy Day. I'm somewhat glad our children didn't know about this -- they've been pushing for a dog, but Caleb's allergic to dogs, and the last thing we need in our household is more noise!
I've had both puppies and kittens in my life, and they're adorable and wonderful and all sorts of great things, but they don't always think things through. They start running, and because they're still learning their bodies, they sometimes run into things at full speed when they can't stop in time.
This verse makes me think about that. When we're left on our own, humans have proven an ability to crash into one another, into the environment, into ourselves, in destructive ways. I'm in the middle of reading a book about how ancient trees in the forest nurture younger trees, and I can't help but think of all the ancient trees that have been cut down and turned into toothpicks. Sometimes, it's like we can't help ourselves, like a puppy running headlong downhill and completely out of control.
Fortunately, we worship a God that is never far from us. Without centering ourselves in God, without finding our delight in God, we'd perish on our own. Things fall apart without God, but in God, they hold together -- even better, they'll reach a culmination one day where things will be in order and there will be peace. We'll dwell in peace with one another, with the renewed earth, with ourselves -- no more tears! No more death! No more fighting!
Only in God. Through God's faithfulness, the earth stands fast, and we endure because God is watching over us, like a caring person looking over a puppy, raising us into the future set before us!
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