Yesterday was a beautiful day and several families of us went to a local lake to have a hiking. Walking along the hiking trails, we could observe the wonderful foliage and serene lake surface. The trail is rather flat and easy to walk. It is interesting to see children were running ahead of us and led the way. But quickly they felt exhausted and said “they are hungry”. So, we gave them “power bars” to recharge them. “Isn’t this like us too?” I said to myself. Oftentimes we think we are strong and can do everything ourselves but in the end, we learn that only God can do everything. What we need is, like those children, coming before Him to be recharged everyday.
In the middle of our walking, we saw several beech trees. Each of them has a sign “Do Not Cut, Scars keep forever”. Surprisingly, you can see there are many engravings beneath the sign, such as “Jessie loves Mary, John + Ariel,” etc. Apparently, they ignore the warning sign except the 2nd part of the sign “Scars keep forever” 🙂
If you think a little bit, you will find this is rather ironic. Because the act highlights two things: One is “to ignore the warning” and the other is “to desire a forever love”. Isn’t this what our world is doing now – to ignore God’s warning but still longing for a forever relationship? The question is: Can you find a forever relationship in this world? Reading statistics from the news and media, you can find divorce rate is rising to an alarming range each year. The foundation of family is heavily damaged by both broken relationships between husband and wife and by the same time, homosexual marriage legalization. We learn that both fronts bring disaster to a family and the biggest causality is always its children — the scars left in the children’s mind keep forever. As a result, the society suffers from a bad cycle of broken relationship.
God has warned us throughout the Scriptures in the Bible. Do we heed His warnings? Not really! When we naively think that with our own strength and preference we can have a forever relationship with someone we love, we bound to run into difficulties, and obstacles and soon we give it up. The author of the book of Ecclesiastes told us that “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. 三股合成的繩子、不容易折斷。(Ecclesiastes 4:12b)” The important element of a strong family relationship, as the author indicated, is the third strand – God as the foundation of the family. When both husband and wife have a forever relationship with God, the family is under God’s protection and their mutual relationship will last forever.
My dear friends, are you looking for a forever relationship? Then please devote yourself to build a forever relationship with God. It is everlasting and fulfilling as long as you receive Him and believe in His name, because He will give you the right to become His child (John 1:12).
Disclaimer: The sharing is pure from my personal view; therefore, please don’t take it to be absolute. Thanks.