do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland. - Is 43:18-19 NIV
Ever so faintly in this dry and barren desert where we live, we sense a whisper of promise. There is a refreshing breeze out there somewhere, waiting to make itself known. We can't see it but we know it is coming. It will rustle the dry leaves, it will blow over the parched ground, it will bring the refreshing rain that is has been missing for so long. We will turn our faces towards it like a long lost friend. We will greet it with outstretched arms and laughter.
Forget the former things, all that has transpired in our lives and in the lives of those throughout the centuries. Forget all the nations that have risen and fallen since the beginning of time. God will save, he will draw his creation to him. The streams will flow, the desert will become a watered garden. Even now it springs up. Do you not perceive it?
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