But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. Malachi 4:2
Gracious Lord,
As we witness the works of the wicked in this world,
we confess, we long for
the “day of the Lord,”
the day you will finally return and destroy
all the “arrogant and all evildoers” (Malachi 3:1).
And yet, you are so much more patient than we are,
for you have delayed that day
because you do not “wish that any should perish
but that all should reach repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).
Lord, fill us with your patience and mercy and love
that we might call others to turn toward you.
Lord, fill us with anticipation
for the day your sun will rise
with the return of your Son,
the day we will know such healing
that we will frolic around like little baby calves
learning to use their legs
in our new heavens and new earth home.
In Jesus’ patient name. Amen.
Read Malachi 3-4.
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage is the author of Preparing for Glory: Biblical Answers to 40 Questions on Living and Dying in Hope of Heaven.
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