Well my indoor garden has sprouted. My friend Jody says I have planted too early. It may be so, but that is the glory of experimentation. We shall see what the future holds for my garden… and other things. I am finding a weird sort of peace in the face of all the current uncertainties. I possess a kind of contentment in the midst of uncertain circumstances that is based in eternal certainties.

I don’t know if my garden will grow to fruit.

I don’t know how long my mother’s failing health will hold.

I don’t know how long the church’s current favor in the community will last.

I don’t know about my future prosperity. my regions future prosperity. The country’s future prosperity. The world’s future prosperity.

I don’t know a lot of things…..But there are things I am certain of.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who^[a] have been called according to his purpose. ROMANS 8:28

I CAN BE… confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. PHIL. 1:6

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.^[a]11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives ¹² as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.^[b] That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. ¹³ But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 2 PETER 3:9-13

So I can see the forest. It’s the trees I am struggling to see.

DO YOU SEE THE FOREST OR THE TREES?