hope.
the past month, i’ve been studying john’s first letter with my team. we were discussing love, so we turned to paul’s first letter to the corinthians. this verse jumped out at me:
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
i absolutely LOVE this verse. i love the way it sounds, even. mostly, though, i love the truth it it. a similar truth is found in john’s letter, where he says:
Beloved, now we are children of G—, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
my hope is not in anything of this world. my hope is in the new heaven and new earth, of life being as it was meant to be. that is what drives me in everything i do. i choose righteousness because of this hope. i die to myself because of this hope. i love because of this hope. it makes my heart come alive, and it relieves so many burdens. right now, the reflection is pale and dim, and i am glad for it! i look forward to the day when I know fully!
