Hope

I'm reading through Colossians. A good friend, who is also a pastor, inspired me to study under Paul the Apostle as he teaches the four chapters that make up this short book. I think I'm going to teach a 4 week series on it at PCC late this summer.

When I study scripture, I almost always study in the NIV translation. But I absolutely love to hear the way Peterson puts the essence of the text in The Message paraphrase. Listen to these verses, as Paul talks about Jesus:

So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. ²⁰ Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross. (Colossians 1:19-20, MSG)

Wow! Every broken and dislocated fragment in the entire universe is made whole and complete and right in Him. And then He fits us together in harmony and with life and vibrancy. How can today be a bad day when that truth is revealed to us?

I've been struggling these past few days. This was a word from God for me. How about you? Does this scripture help you or encourage you in any way?