Messy
The world is messy. GOD is not surprised, GOD is not anxious.
“I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
Shepherd’s Note
Jesus does not promise His followers a tidy world; He promises them peace inside a troubled one. “In this world you will have trouble” is a certainty, not a possibility. GOD is not surprised, not anxious, because the trouble has never once caught Him off guard. “Take heart, I have overcome the world” is spoken by a man on His way to a cross. The peace on offer is not the absence of the mess. It is a Person standing in it.
This post is part of a series about my beach encounters with GOD. Read from the Beginning >>