It’s a new year – 2025! In many ways, I never thought I would live long enough to see this year. I guess God has other plans for me (and glad I am). I’m beginning this year with great anticipation. Not the “Anticipation” I felt when I sang along with Carly Simon in my hey days, but anticipation of hope and joy … not fear!
During my Bible studies, I was reading Isaiah 35. What I read struck me like a burning bush: “The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower. It will blossom abundantly and will also rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.” In these verses, God said “I am able… and I will.” Yes, God IS able to take what seems broken and abandoned and make it new. “He is the God of redemption and restoration. He is able to take the dry land and make it flourish with new growth.”
This passage gives me great hope and tremendous joy that good things are coming. It doesn’t matter whether I experience them in the present or in eternity someday, good things are ahead.
