Why is my heart so sad? (Psalm 42:5; NLT).
How sad this world is!
Dark and drear –
Ease for some,
For others, fear.
How cold this world is!
Full of hate –
Some have freedom,
Others wait.
How strange this world is!
Food and fun –
Some have plenty,
Others, none.
How mean this world is!
Few are kind –
Some can see,
But most are blind.
How sick this world is!
So much pain –
Yet, in all,
Christ lives again.
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world (John 16:33; NLT).
Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us (Colossians 3:11; NLT).
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We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ (Ephesians 4:15; NLT).
The Lord – who is the Spirit – makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image (2 Corinthians 3:18; NLT).
As we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world (1 John 4:17; NLT).
This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ (Ephesians 4:13; NLT).