Colossians 1 - strength...

"As you learn more and more how God works,

you will learn how to do your work.

We pray that you'll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul -

not the grim strength of gritting your teeth

BUT THE GLORY-STRENGTH GOD GIVES.

It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy,

thanking the Father who makes us strong enough

to take part in everything bright and beautiful he has for us."

 

"...everything got started IN HIM and finds it's PURPOSE in him"

 

"NOT ONLY THAT

but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe -

people and things

animals and atoms,

get properly fixed and fit together

in vibrant harmonies..."

 

 

{Oh how beautiful and comforting to know!

People

Things

Animals (I love this);
and even Atoms

 

Properly fixed and not just in harmony, but VIBRANT harmony!}