Behold

Isaiah 43:18-19

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. “

Things in your world are changing – rapidly, daily (at times, even hour by hour). Nothing is as it was. Nor will it ever be again. Do not long for your “old life”. Do not grieve what was. Do not linger over what you want things to return to being. This is not your reality, this is no longer your life. What was is gone. What is – is – for now, but will continue to change. What does not change? I do not. That is all. Only I do not change. So wear the rest loosely. Cling to the only certainty there is (or ever has been) – that is I. Many of the changes you see, you experience, you are living within are not good. Many are evil. Do not despair. “I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” I AM doing a new thing. I WILL make a way for you, my children. I WILL provide your needs – rivers in the desert of your world, whether that be rivers of water, of provisions, of peace and joy, of comfort, of strength and courage – I WILL provide. Rest in that. Eyes up, child. And never let go of a childlike wonder and anticipation of what is to come, because though there may be more pain and suffering in the short-term, the long-term “new thing” that I am doing will be glorious. Anticipate that, even as you are enduring what comes before. It is what I have promised, and neither I nor my promises ever change or return void.