Hold Fast

Today, I am deeply grateful for those of you who have supported the Dial Hope Foundation with a financial donation. Hope reaches others because of you. Thank you!

 

In his book Orthodoxy, GK Chesterton wrote, “The thing I mean can be seen in children when they find a game or joke they especially enjoy. A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess – not absence – of life. Children are abounding in vitality of life because in spirit they are fierce and free – therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, “Do it again,” and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead – for grown-up people are not strong enough to exalt in monotony.

But, perhaps God is strong enough to exalt through monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, “Do it again to the sun.” And every evening, “Do it again to the moon.” It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike. It may be that God makes every daisy separately but has never gotten tired of making them. It may be that he has the eternal appetite of infancy. For we have sinned and grown old and our Father is younger than we.”

There is something telling about the cycles of the seasons, the cycles of nature, even the cycle of a day – when the day gives way to dusk and dark and the night then gives way to dawn – and it happens over and over. There is something about that consistency that reminds us that God is faithful. We may stray or fall short, but God is always there – ever calling us back.

Let us pray: Eternal God, we praise you today for the beauty of your creation, and for the way you so faithfully provide. We want to be fierce and free. We want to be fully alive and abounding with hope. Help us to be faithful as you are faithful. Help us to hold fast to your promises and to your word, to your guiding, loving hand; through Jesus Christ. Amen.