(Another in the continuing series of quotes to start the week.)
It’s the first Monday of 2017 — and for many folks it’s still a holiday, so that’s not a bad way to start the year!
The first quote I’ll present in this series this year is a promise from the 21st chapter of the Revelation of Saint John:
He that sat upon the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.”
(“Sunrise!” by Larry, on Flickr, under Creative Commons.)
Other translations render the verb tense a bit differently, but I like this one because it’s a statement of intention and purpose: not “I would like to” or “I am in the process of” but “this is what I do,” specifically, “I make all things new.” And not some things, not most things, but all things.
If we believe the one saying that is the one through whom all things were made in the first place — as the Gospel of John presents in its first chapter — then it is no great stretch to believe that he can remake the old into the new and even that he intends to do so. We might even go so far as to think that he delights in doing so.
And that’s a nice thought with which to start this New Year.
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