![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If our Savior chose to enter the human story in a human body, then we should enter one another’s places of suffering remembering we carry and extend the presence of Christ. “The Savior came and is coming again, but our healing is in his hands, not our own. This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers The kingdom is already and not yet living in its tension rather than panicking for release is the only way to be pulled into the trajectory of hope.” The relationships that were broken will be made right our relationship to our bodies, each other, the earth, and God will be fully and finally restored. Biblical hope is expressed not in certainty but in curiosity, hearts that acknowledge and accept Jesus is already King, lives that look for the restoration of his rule right here, people propelled by a willingness to see Jesus turn every inch of creation from cursed to cured. Hope in suffering is never for a disembodied day when we can finally escape the bodies, relationships, and circumstances that have caused us so much pain. Our hope is informed and colored by John’s vision in Revelation 21: the New Jerusalem comes down from heaven. “Our hope is not in being beamed up to heaven upon death with suddenly perfected bodies. ![]()
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