All around us we observe a groaning creation. The world is in agony, but these are not the death throes of a dying world but rather the birthing pangs of new beginning. We do not yet see this new life but we endure patiently knowing what it is coming. And when the pains of labor have passed, and though we may be weary, we will rejoice in what God has done.
“22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? 25 But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently,” (Romans 8:22-25 NIV).
