Splash. Ahhhhh. The cool water brings amazing relief from the giant torch in the sky. It seems to be determined to burn a hole straight through Texas, but I’m safe as I lazily kick and slide my way through the pool’s blue chlorinated water. It is good to be alive!
I remember the last time I was here. My sentiments were not so positive. Life can crush you. We are all weak. I am weak.
Rewind. I remember being in the same pool and talking to the same friend. I struggled as I attempted to grasp onto the promises of God - “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning” Psalm 30:5b. I didn’t feel God. I didn’t feel much of anything. And I certainly didn’t feel like the darkness was temporary.
But joy comes in the morning. God has allowed me to experience a golden drop of resurrection. Same pool. Same chlorinated water. Same Texas sun. But joy instead of mourning. God has done and continues to do his slow and careful work of healing. He has blessed me by allowing me to experience a little of what resurrection means.
But my experience is only a small taste of what is to come. The world if full of pain. More than we can handle. It is a broken place. But God is bringing resurrection. All God’s children look to the future with hope. We know that God is bringing life into this dead place. Oftentimes we feel lost as we attempt to cling to God’s promise. The darkness is overwhelming.
But someday the entire world will be bathed in the light of resurrection. Same people, same earth, same Texas sky. But different. It will be this world renewed, cleansed of all pain and hurt and left with only joy. Everything will be filled with the joy of unhindered communion with God.
This is the destiny of those who trust in the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus come quickly!
I remember the last time I was here. My sentiments were not so positive. Life can crush you. We are all weak. I am weak.
Rewind. I remember being in the same pool and talking to the same friend. I struggled as I attempted to grasp onto the promises of God - “Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning” Psalm 30:5b. I didn’t feel God. I didn’t feel much of anything. And I certainly didn’t feel like the darkness was temporary.
But joy comes in the morning. God has allowed me to experience a golden drop of resurrection. Same pool. Same chlorinated water. Same Texas sun. But joy instead of mourning. God has done and continues to do his slow and careful work of healing. He has blessed me by allowing me to experience a little of what resurrection means.
But my experience is only a small taste of what is to come. The world if full of pain. More than we can handle. It is a broken place. But God is bringing resurrection. All God’s children look to the future with hope. We know that God is bringing life into this dead place. Oftentimes we feel lost as we attempt to cling to God’s promise. The darkness is overwhelming.
But someday the entire world will be bathed in the light of resurrection. Same people, same earth, same Texas sky. But different. It will be this world renewed, cleansed of all pain and hurt and left with only joy. Everything will be filled with the joy of unhindered communion with God.
This is the destiny of those who trust in the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus come quickly!
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