The Promise of Newness
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19: 1,2
Do you, like me, ever find yourself in awe of the beauty of this world? We have the sunrise and the sunset, the twinkling of stars in a vast dark sky. We experience the wonder of changing seasons:
Spring with its glorious new life, that special green as leaves begin to appear, lawns that change from brown to green, trees that blossom, newborn animals, spires from bulbs pushing their way up from the thawing earth, the tug-of-war between winter and summer...
Then summer triumphs, bringing warmth and dense foliage, blooming flowers, longer days of work and play, evenings with the sounds of birds and crickets, summer storms and the fresh smell after the rains...
As summer wanes, the days grow shorter, the air cools, the leaves exchange their verdant clothes for colorful garments before curling up and falling to the ground, piles of raked leaves and children jumping in them, hot apple cider...
All too soon, winter sweeps in, bringing cold and darkness, barrenness soon covered with the brilliant white snow, frozen lakes and ponds, snowmen, hot chocolate to warm the body and soul...
As winter howls and lingers, we often feel despondent, longing for spring but feeling as though it will never come. But it always does, beginning the cycle once again with its promise of new life.
And it all proclaims the handiwork of God! I often wonder what Eden must have been like? How could it compare with the beauty around us today? And what will the new heavens and new earth be like? I stand in awe of my God and look forward to His new creation where there will be no more winter, no more death and dying, no more pain and sorrow. Where God will be the center of it all!
But according to his promise
we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth
in which righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 3:13
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