He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)
As I
fussed over another passage that I’ve probably written about too often, the
song based on this passage came up in my playlist. Today is the one day this
week that I can get things done. Every other day, I either have to fit things
in around and between, or it’s supposed to be a day of rest. The plan to mow
both lawns, weed and prep garden beds has gone awry, thanks to misty, damp, and
chilly weather. In other words, it’s just another in the many days since April
1 when I look outside and say, “Hurry up! Not yet!”
And
like most people, I go through times, like now, when I look at myself in the
mirror – whether the mirror in my bathroom or the mirror of Scripture and
think, “Ugly!” And while some folks will say, “You shouldn’t say such things
about yourself, they aren’t true” sometimes they are wrong, and sometimes they’re
lying.
Instinctively,
we know there’s something wrong with being ugly, and I think we instinctively
know that the ugly that is skin deep is the smaller sort of ugliness. We long
for the eternal, the majestic, the beautiful, but it’s just not what looks back
at us. What this Battle Bible verse tells us is that there is hope. Admittedly,
we’re ugly ducklings at the moment. We’re worms that do nothing but devour
plants. But God knows that the ugly duckling is a swan, and the worm will one
day be a butterfly.
Until
then, we must remember that this is His promise, that in His time, He will make
all things – which by definition includes us – beautiful.
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