The Glorious New Creation
For I am about to create new heavens
and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered
or come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice forever
in what I am creating;
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,
and its people as a delight.
On a day when it is difficult to distinguish
between April Fools
and fake news
and real life shenanigans
When it seems the world
is going to hell in a handcart.
When real life stories
are stranger than fiction
When the plight of so many humans
is incomprehensible
and anything but civilised.
When creation itself
groans in anguish -
We turn to the Creator
and Redeemer
of the Universe
to ask for a sign
in the words of Mother Julian
that all shall be well
and all manner of things
shall be well.
And God sends
not a cartoon character
not a Facebook meme
but an eternal promise -
A new heaven and a new earth
A glorious new creation.
Thanks be to God.
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