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The City – @PaulTripp from his recent book “My Heart Cries Out: Gospel Meditations for Everyday Life”

The city that surrounds me

seems broken beyond repair.

Lost ones wander the streets;

evil lurks in the alleys.

Sadness afflicts households;

grief omits no one.

Labor does not satisfy;

victories seem short at best.

Satisfaction evades the hungry;

contentment fades away.

But there’s a city that is coming;

grace has written my name there.

The right to enter, earned by no one;

the right to stay, no one deserves.

The Son is the gate of entry;

his blood the price that was paid.

That city gives hope to my journey.

That city brings comfort to my care.

That city awakens me in the morning.

That city gives strength for the day.

That city gives answers to my questions.

That city gives reason to my efforts.

That city gives rest when I’m weary.

That city gives me peace to sleep.

I was made for that city.

There is no doubt that we all will remember the year 2020. It’s been a year pain, sickness, injustice, hurting, isolation, division, selfishness, destruction and death. As a Christian, it’s hard not to let this world and this year influence me in some way. My heart aches for what I see…. It’s hard not not ask the “WHY“. To me, recently the why has changed to “WHERE“. It’s been a reminder that this place is not our home. It was never meant to be…. Praise God! There is a better place. A PERFECT place. A place set apart, that He has prepared for for me. A place of HOPE. A place of PEACE. A place with HIM.

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city. Hebrews 11:16