Hope for the Broken

Paul Tripp, in Forever:

The fact that this world is not an endless cycle of dashed hopes and fading dreams but by God's plan is marching toward a moment when all that is broken will be restored can fill you with a reason to get up in the morning and press on. Yes, life is hard and you will face things you never imagined you would face, but this world is not all there is. You are not living in the final chapter of the story. What is broken will be fixed, what has been bent will be straightened, and what has decayed will be restored. Eternity really does give you a reason to continue, even when nothing right now seems as if it is working. Eternity challenges my feelings of futility by reminding me that what I am experiencing right now is not permanent.

Wow, talk about hope! I'm growing more convinced of my need for an eternal perspective and clinging to Christ.
"All that has been broken will be restored." Brokenness does not have the last word. All of creation yearns for the return on the Lord, when he will put everything right. And he gives grace for us to hold on until then. We have hope, and God is with us even now. We live in the reality of the already but not yet.

The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
(Proverbs 10:28)

May I delight and take joy in God's goodness today, for he is very good. I want each day to be a treasure hunt for him.