No Hope?
Do Not Lose Heart?
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
As In Every Photo,
In All Views Of The World,
Black Plays Freely.
First Chronicles 29:15
For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.
2 Corinthians 4:16
So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
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Words of Grace For Today
Black.
Black absorbs all light.
Black blocks out all light so none passes through.
Black is the colour of
void
stillness
hopelessness
sightlessness
shadows
grief
death.
There is life like a shadow that is so fleeting one cannot but watch it pass, or like a shadow that grows and grows, coming toward one until all everything is no more as if consumed by a black hole.
And there goes hope, out the door to the far end of the universe beyond imagination.
Or
Black.
Black holds all light.
Black shades the burning heat of all light so none passes through.
Black is the colour of
fullness
calm
hope amid the burning storm
relief to the eyes
shades
waiting for rebirth
promise of life.
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While we live our bodies deteriorate. Some say after the age of 24 our bodies start to die. Some say the warranty is up at age 30. Some say …
… well all the someones say everything that is said.
And if our minds
do not succumb to the wear and tear of life, dropping our awareness to minimum levels and below, so that we do not even know our own families, which is a horrible thing to anticipate,
then we may experience the full impact of our lives continuing on despite the deterioration of our bodies and physical abilities,
and find delight.
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Black.
Black is the colour of all that was before creation, of God in the universe alone, together three in one, lonely … it would appear … for company even with us imperfect, sinful humans.
Black is a colour given by God, to us, and in all times, black or not, God revitalizes our spirits, calling us to live out God’s grace (exercised for us) for others.
So even when it appears there is no hope, God
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God recreates hope for us.