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Romans 8:18-25 The Message

18-21 That’s why I don’t think there’s any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times. The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next. Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.
22-25 All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us. But the we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.

For Reflection

God has created all things. All plants, animals (including us) and elements of the Earth are the same stuff.  All of the Creation is moving forward.  Humans it seems, are slowing the progress.  We mature more slowly through the pangs of evolution perhaps because, made in the image of God, we enjoy great freedom to choose how to respond to our yearning for deliverance from the bonds of our human condition.

Choose the path that God wills.  Follow the example of Jesus the Christ.  Answer the desires of the Holy Spirit that resides within you.

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Pray and be filled by the desires of the Holy Spirit.

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