We live in a world of great darkness, filled with suffering, anger, pain, and brokenness. Terrible things happen to people, and people do terrible things. Tears, be they hidden, quelched, or patent, gather in the corners of everyone's eyes. Those tears exist for a myriad of different reasons, but their existence is irrefutable. The world should not be this way, but it is. This world is a tragic place.
But...
There is a God who is present and active in this world and he is desperate to set it free. He is absolutely desperate. Every now and then, God decides to show up and remind me of this.
Tonight, I got to talk to and pray with a couple of my friends about what God is doing in their lives. God is so great, and he is so powerful. Sometimes, it can be easy to forget just how mighty God is, especially when we limit our faith in him, but it does not change who he is or what he can and wants to do for his children. It was remarkable and awe inspiring to see God working in the lives of my friends, working with power. I don't think either of them knew this, but God used them as a reminder of his faithfulness and his desperate desire to redeem this fallen world. God is good.
Yeah. God is so good.
After these conversations, God set a song in my heart, one I have not heard in a very long time, but one which deserves to be sung more often. It is one that I personally love, and with a lot of things on my mind, it brought me a great deal of joy:
Hallelujah
Jesus is alive
Death has lost its victory
And the grave has been denied
Jesus lives forever
He's alive! He's alive!
He's the Alpha and Omega
The first and last is he
The curse of sin is broken
And we have perfect liberty
The lamb of God is risen
He's alive, He's alive!
Jesus is alive!
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