When you’re suffering, some days it can seem like there will never be an end to it all. The days blend together and all you know is that you;re miserable and it seems like there really might not be any reliable hope for relief or healing. These can be dark and difficult moments. They ache in the depths of our beings. The psalmists often asked God “how long?” regarding their own suffering. In these moments of seemingly no present hope are exactly the moments where a deep and defiant and robust hope in the future renewal of our bodies and hearts and minds and souls can break in our painful present and give us a vision of the future to sustain us even in the here and now.
Long Road - How Many More Miles?
March 24, 2019 • Peter Mueller
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