Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard afar off. Nehemiah 12:43
The year is moving on toward the first half month milestone, and yet the problems that we hoped to say 'so long!' to are still in residence. I'm guessing that few among us have been vaccinated yet, we are still hearing daily about the election of 2020, and the wind is already blowing hard against my house this morning. Does anyone think that next week's presidential inauguration will be the start of some magical fix for these problems? Well, yes, it seems there might be about 70-something million voters who think/thought just that. Will they be proven correct? I don't know, I'm still working on the start of today.
My thoughts go to Nehemiah at times these past few months as he too was once in charge of building a wall. This wall was unpopular with many, opposition forces gathered and did their best to stop it any way they could, and even those on Nehemiah's side of the wall were not all living the righteous life. It sounds somewhat familiar to things in our age. And yet there came a day of rejoicing. Doing what God wants done must be a way to overcome the forces of the world mustered against us.
We surely look forward to that day of rejoicing our Lord has foretold to us!
Bucky
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