Canceled
Canceled.
There’s a word for the year. Or, years!
In the latest of cancellations was my grandson’s first birthday party. Before that, was my granddaughter’s. If I were to add them all up this past year, it would be most of ours. It’s not just the birthdays. It’s all sorts of events. I mean, we’re all doing the same thing, right? The bulk food is ordered and likely prepared. The house is arranged. Your hopes are high. The anticipation hangs with the decorations. Everything seems on track. Until it’s not.
Canceled.
You kind of still can’t believe it. The odds. The timing.
In the scope of cancellations, I know a party is nothing. Even a first birthday party. Missed milestones are minor. Worse things are canceled. Many things are cut short. Dare I mention precious life. It just feels like, zap.
You kind of still can’t believe it. The odds. The timing.
I’m attending too many funerals. I think we all have. I don’t know. Maybe it’s an age thing. But, it’s canceling a lot for those who loved them most. We’ve never been given any promises in that regard. Even still, prepared plans, anticipations, and arrangements can go abruptly off track.
I think it’s a little of misplaced hope that I have. I just can’t keep putting it in places it was never meant to be. The possibility of what could have been derails my thoughts and steals my sensibilities.
Truth is, these things where I’m putting my hope are but a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. We’re told to hold tightly without wavering to the hope we have. It’s not what’s in front of us, it’s what’s ahead of us. Fix our eyes not on what is seen but what is unseen. God still has a promise for us. He can be trusted.
My little Thomas Reid had his birthday cake prepared, baked, and iced. Atop was centered a perfect little rainbow. I know what a rainbow means. It’s always a good reminder. You can cancel everything in the world. Party or no party, God still has a promise. You want to know what that promise is not? You want to know what that promise will never be?
Canceled.
Hebrews 10
2 Corinthians 4:18