33/53 everything sad is going to come untrue

There is something bittersweet about the sunrise. It breaks through the darkness of night and ushers in a brand new day. But then the realization hits. It's a new day, but nothing has changed, not in any significant way. Kids are still dying from hunger. People everywhere are still starving for love. Night is going to come again.

Yet this week instead of reflecting on all that is wrong and broken in our world, I couldn't help but think of Sam Gamgee asking Gandalf, "Is everything sad going to come untrue?" Not quite, but close.

Everything broken is going to be made new. And it will never be broken again. Everything will one day be as God intended it to be.

"'Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.' He who was seated on the throne said, 'I am making everything new!'...There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever." Revelation 21:3-5a, 22:5