In the Magic Kingdom at Disney World the powers that be have come up with an idea that will help shorten your wait in the long lines for the different rides. It is called the "Fast Pass." It's like a Short Cut!
Here's how it works...
Let's say you walk up to the roller coaster ride called "Space Mountain" at 11:00 a.m. and you see that it is going to be a 110 minute wait. You think to yourself, "I don't want to wait 110 minutes." You look over to the "Fast Pass" kiosk and see that you can get a "Fast Pass" for Space Mountain and bypass the 110 minute wait... but you have to come back and ride "Space Mountain" between 2:20 and 3:20 pm.
You decide to get the Fast Pass. At 3:00 pm with 20 minutes to spare you enter the Fast Pass lane and ride Space Mountain with only about a 15 minute wait. Not a bad trade off at all. Had you not come back at the allotted time you would not be able to go through the Fast Pass lane.
My iWitness...
This is an ingenious idea... at first glance.
Yes, you get to ride the ride of your choice with a minimal wait in line. Thus freeing up more time to enjoy the Magic Kingdom.
Here's what I discovered. Once I obtained the Fast Pass my whole day and mindset revolved around the "return" time. What I thought would free me up actually enslaved me. I became obsessed with the time, the hour, the minutes and the distance I would have to travel across the Magic Kingdom in order to make it to the ride on time.
There were times that I bypassed a ride or an attraction because I didn't know if I would get out quick enough to make it to my "Fast Pass" ride in the time frame that I was given. As mentioned above, if I don't make it to the ride within the specific hour given then I miss out completely.
All that to say, I became so focused on the "Fast Pass" that I missed out on other things along the way. I missed out on other attractions. I missed out on casual conversations. I missed out on taking in the full Disney experience and the Disney surroundings and "smelling the roses" because the destination became more important than the journey.
Many times, we as Christians are so excited that we have a "Fast Pass" to heaven with our trust and belief in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. The trap is troubling... if we are not careful we focus so much on the destination that we miss out on the journey.
And for some of us the greatest lessons we have learned in life have come through "waiting on the Lord."
Short cuts have no place in this great roller coaster ride called "Life!"
"...but they who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint." (Isaiah 40. 31)
And that's my iWitness
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
110 for 3...?
Life at Disney World is full of waiting.
They have made it easier for people to decide if they want to wait in line for a ride or not.
At the beginning of every line is a sign that tells you approximately how long the wait will be.
Many times I saw this... "Wait Time - 110 minutes"
This gave me pause... "A one hour and fifty minute wait for a three minute ride?"
It just didn't make sense to me a lot of the time...
My iWitness...
The cost/benefit ratio comes into play at Disney World at almost every turn. Was the three minute ride worth the 110 minute wait? For some they would say, "Yes!" For others there would be a resounding, "NO!"
Let's think about this for a minute or maybe even for 110 minutes...
You wait 110 minutes for a 3 minute ride.
What if it was like that in real life? You wait 110 years on this earth for 3 years in heaven?
That just doesn't add up.
As always, God turns things upside down on its head.
In God's economy, just the opposite is true...
Wait 110 years on this earth for an eternal ride in heaven!! One hundred and ten years compared to eternity is just a blip on the radar. If your time on earth is shorter than 110 years... even better!!
Praise God that what we endure in this long line of life is but just a minor bump in the road in exchange for the ride of eternity in the Heavenly Kingdom.
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For the light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."
(2 Corinthians 4. 16-18)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
They have made it easier for people to decide if they want to wait in line for a ride or not.
At the beginning of every line is a sign that tells you approximately how long the wait will be.
Many times I saw this... "Wait Time - 110 minutes"
This gave me pause... "A one hour and fifty minute wait for a three minute ride?"
It just didn't make sense to me a lot of the time...
My iWitness...
The cost/benefit ratio comes into play at Disney World at almost every turn. Was the three minute ride worth the 110 minute wait? For some they would say, "Yes!" For others there would be a resounding, "NO!"
Let's think about this for a minute or maybe even for 110 minutes...
You wait 110 minutes for a 3 minute ride.
What if it was like that in real life? You wait 110 years on this earth for 3 years in heaven?
That just doesn't add up.
As always, God turns things upside down on its head.
In God's economy, just the opposite is true...
Wait 110 years on this earth for an eternal ride in heaven!! One hundred and ten years compared to eternity is just a blip on the radar. If your time on earth is shorter than 110 years... even better!!
Praise God that what we endure in this long line of life is but just a minor bump in the road in exchange for the ride of eternity in the Heavenly Kingdom.
"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For the light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal."
(2 Corinthians 4. 16-18)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Friday, April 5, 2013
Ponchos in the rain...
One of the striking things about going to a Disney theme park is the amount of different colors you see. Oh sure, there are all sorts of colors on the buildings and the foliage in the landscaping. But the colors I am talking about are on the clothes that people wear. Color of clothes mixed in with the color of skin and you get some brilliant combinations showing off the unique properties of fashion, culture and taste.
It started raining yesterday at Hollywood Studios and everyone ran into the plethora of gift shops to buy ponchos. We were no different. There are six of us in our party and we bought four adult ponchos and two children ponchos. Hollywood Studios must have sold 400,000 of them!!!
Within ten minutes of walking out of the store with our "Disney Ponchos" covering our bodies from the thighs on up a fascinating phenomenon appeared.
Everyone was the same color!
No more red shirts, blue T-Shirts, black blouses, flower print midriffs. No more cultural differences in fashion preferences. No more good looking outfits or very distasteful outfits. Everyone looked the same. And in looking the same, everyone lost their identity, their uniqueness, their special imprint on society.
It was an amazing and yet sad sight to see as the rain came pouring down, washing out the very God given identity of each person...
My iWitness...
Each of us has been uniquely crafted and molded and shaped by our creative Creator. He has knit each of us together in our mother's womb. In each of us He created a "one of a kind"! The mold has been broken after each of us is born.
I am the first one to say that we are all equal in God's sight. I am in full agreement that we are to treat people the same, without prejudice or false judgment.
However, we are also called to treat everyone with respect to their color, character and culture. When we see everyone as "the same", we strip people of their uniqueness, their beauty, their God given estate.
Take the ponchos off! Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. And may the rain of God's grace and mercy wash away the ponchos we have put on people that make them easier to recognize but much harder to know, appreciate, accept and love....
"For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made." (Psalm 139. 13-14)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
It started raining yesterday at Hollywood Studios and everyone ran into the plethora of gift shops to buy ponchos. We were no different. There are six of us in our party and we bought four adult ponchos and two children ponchos. Hollywood Studios must have sold 400,000 of them!!!
Within ten minutes of walking out of the store with our "Disney Ponchos" covering our bodies from the thighs on up a fascinating phenomenon appeared.
Everyone was the same color!
No more red shirts, blue T-Shirts, black blouses, flower print midriffs. No more cultural differences in fashion preferences. No more good looking outfits or very distasteful outfits. Everyone looked the same. And in looking the same, everyone lost their identity, their uniqueness, their special imprint on society.
It was an amazing and yet sad sight to see as the rain came pouring down, washing out the very God given identity of each person...
My iWitness...
Each of us has been uniquely crafted and molded and shaped by our creative Creator. He has knit each of us together in our mother's womb. In each of us He created a "one of a kind"! The mold has been broken after each of us is born.
I am the first one to say that we are all equal in God's sight. I am in full agreement that we are to treat people the same, without prejudice or false judgment.
However, we are also called to treat everyone with respect to their color, character and culture. When we see everyone as "the same", we strip people of their uniqueness, their beauty, their God given estate.
Take the ponchos off! Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. And may the rain of God's grace and mercy wash away the ponchos we have put on people that make them easier to recognize but much harder to know, appreciate, accept and love....
"For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made." (Psalm 139. 13-14)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Friendship
They met 28 years ago in New Hampshire at a summer camp on Lake Winnipesaukee.
They were both Camp Counselors for the summer.
They are one week apart in age.
Mary taught Tennis all summer long and had a cabin of seven and eight year olds.
Julie taught Gymnastics all summer long and had a cabin of twelve year olds.
The whole camp had to wear blue and white clothes. Any combination of blue and white.
This was a sports emphasis camp.
Mary was from Michigan.
Julie was from Wisconsin.
The parents of the children at the camp would drop their kids off at the beginning of the summer and then come and visit them one time during the summer. (You read that right - One time during the whole summer the parents would come in for a one day visit.)
Mary is tall and blonde. Julie is short and brunette.
Julie was at Mary's wedding to David Thomas.
Mary was at Julie's wedding to David Dendy.
They formed a bond twenty-eight years ago that has lasted to this day and I am sure will last to the day that they are both at a retirement home.
Yesterday they were together for the first time in seven years.
The dynamic between them hasn't changed. They both laugh about old times. They both got their umbrella drinks. They both test their memories of events and people. Between them five children have come under their tutelage and protection. They both talk honestly and directly to one another.
Together they sat in the chaise lounge chairs. Everyone else went to the paddle boats. What a joy to watch them interact from the paddle boat. I couldn't hear a word they said, but to just observe them was a real treat.
They have both had their share of roller coaster rides through life in the last 28 years.
One thing remains true - they stick by each other, through thick and thin, through the ups and downs. Neither will abandon the other.
Julie and Mary love each other...
They are friends forever...
My iWitness...
True friendships that last a lifetime are hard to find. Hard to maintain. Hard to keep.
There's one friendship that is a guaranteed "forever friendship!"
It is the friendship between me and Jesus.
Life is indeed a roller coaster ride.
And yet, Jesus remains true through thick and thin, through the ups and downs. Although I will abandon Him at times, He will never abandon me.
I couldn't ask for anything more. I couldn't ask for anything less from the One who calls me Friend.
Thank you Jesus for being my "forever friend"!
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you." (John 15. 12-15)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
They were both Camp Counselors for the summer.
They are one week apart in age.
Mary taught Tennis all summer long and had a cabin of seven and eight year olds.
Julie taught Gymnastics all summer long and had a cabin of twelve year olds.
The whole camp had to wear blue and white clothes. Any combination of blue and white.
This was a sports emphasis camp.
Mary was from Michigan.
Julie was from Wisconsin.
The parents of the children at the camp would drop their kids off at the beginning of the summer and then come and visit them one time during the summer. (You read that right - One time during the whole summer the parents would come in for a one day visit.)
Mary is tall and blonde. Julie is short and brunette.
Julie was at Mary's wedding to David Thomas.
Mary was at Julie's wedding to David Dendy.
They formed a bond twenty-eight years ago that has lasted to this day and I am sure will last to the day that they are both at a retirement home.
Yesterday they were together for the first time in seven years.
The dynamic between them hasn't changed. They both laugh about old times. They both got their umbrella drinks. They both test their memories of events and people. Between them five children have come under their tutelage and protection. They both talk honestly and directly to one another.
Together they sat in the chaise lounge chairs. Everyone else went to the paddle boats. What a joy to watch them interact from the paddle boat. I couldn't hear a word they said, but to just observe them was a real treat.
They have both had their share of roller coaster rides through life in the last 28 years.
One thing remains true - they stick by each other, through thick and thin, through the ups and downs. Neither will abandon the other.
Julie and Mary love each other...
They are friends forever...
My iWitness...
True friendships that last a lifetime are hard to find. Hard to maintain. Hard to keep.
There's one friendship that is a guaranteed "forever friendship!"
It is the friendship between me and Jesus.
Life is indeed a roller coaster ride.
And yet, Jesus remains true through thick and thin, through the ups and downs. Although I will abandon Him at times, He will never abandon me.
I couldn't ask for anything more. I couldn't ask for anything less from the One who calls me Friend.
Thank you Jesus for being my "forever friend"!
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you." (John 15. 12-15)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Letting it all hang out
I spent seven hours at Blizzard Beach yesterday. It is a Disney attraction that is basically a glorified Water Park with all sorts of water features - wave pools, rafts going down tubes, slides down Mt. Gushmore and the like. It was a blast!
Everyone walks around barefoot and in their bathing suits. Someone mentioned to me that you could tell who the European men were because they were the ones wearing Speedo bathing suits. I saw more people in bathing suits yesterday than I have in my whole life combined... And I grew up in Southern California!!
My thoughts about the experience changed throughout the day.
At the beginning of the day my thought was, "Most of us look better with more clothing!" (myself included!)
At the end of the day my thought was, "Here we are! Letting it all hang out! And no one seemed to mind or care. It was quite liberating in fact."
My iWitness...
How rare it is to be so "exposed" in our world today.
Sure, you can go to Blizzard Beach or any beach for that matter and see lots of exposed skin.
But, what I am talking about is much more rare and that is exposing our very selves, our very souls.
How many layers of clothes, pants, scarves, jewelry, blouses, shirts, sweatshirts, fleece and shoes do we hide behind?
Granted, I have been blessed by having a calling in life that gave and continues to give me the privilege of seeing people spiritually exposed.
In fact, I have gotten so used to it that it has become so obvious to me when people cover themselves up with all sorts of make-up and clothing.
Let me encourage you to "let it all hang out" with someone. Not just anyone. But someone you cant trust. Someone who will value you, honor you and care for you... for who you are and not for how good you look with all your politically correct fashion wear.
The good news is that we always have that "Someone" close by. God sees us for who we really are. And the better news is that in spite of all that... He loves us still!
"Therefore accept one another, even as Christ has accepted you for the glory of God."
(Romans 15. 7)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Everyone walks around barefoot and in their bathing suits. Someone mentioned to me that you could tell who the European men were because they were the ones wearing Speedo bathing suits. I saw more people in bathing suits yesterday than I have in my whole life combined... And I grew up in Southern California!!
My thoughts about the experience changed throughout the day.
At the beginning of the day my thought was, "Most of us look better with more clothing!" (myself included!)
At the end of the day my thought was, "Here we are! Letting it all hang out! And no one seemed to mind or care. It was quite liberating in fact."
My iWitness...
How rare it is to be so "exposed" in our world today.
Sure, you can go to Blizzard Beach or any beach for that matter and see lots of exposed skin.
But, what I am talking about is much more rare and that is exposing our very selves, our very souls.
How many layers of clothes, pants, scarves, jewelry, blouses, shirts, sweatshirts, fleece and shoes do we hide behind?
Granted, I have been blessed by having a calling in life that gave and continues to give me the privilege of seeing people spiritually exposed.
In fact, I have gotten so used to it that it has become so obvious to me when people cover themselves up with all sorts of make-up and clothing.
Let me encourage you to "let it all hang out" with someone. Not just anyone. But someone you cant trust. Someone who will value you, honor you and care for you... for who you are and not for how good you look with all your politically correct fashion wear.
The good news is that we always have that "Someone" close by. God sees us for who we really are. And the better news is that in spite of all that... He loves us still!
"Therefore accept one another, even as Christ has accepted you for the glory of God."
(Romans 15. 7)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The Same...
Twenty years ago I visited Disney World.
Eight years ago Julie and I visited Disney World. It was February of 2005. After years of trying "everything under the sun" to get pregnant Julie and I had just been blessed with securing an Open Adoption with a young woman named Barbara. We knew "Faith Louise" would arrive in three months. On February 8, 2005 while sitting in a "rocking glider" at "Baby's R Us", Julie looked over at me and said, "I don't feel so good." I appropriately responded, "I'm sorry sweetie." Then she looked right at me and said, "I think I'm pregnant." I looked right at her and said, "By who?"
God does have a sense of humor. Three months later Faith arrived and eight months later Joshua arrived.
Lest I digress...
Twenty years ago and eight years ago I spent time at Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Yesterday, I spent the day at the Magic Kingdom once again.
Here's my observation...
Nothing has changed!! The buildings are the exact same color. The flowers are the exact same. The rides were exactly the same, with the same music, the same characters.
In the Magic Kingdom everything was, and is and will be the same!
My iWitness...
There is something very comforting in the familiar.
No surprises! No letdowns! You know exactly what to expect.
I love the fact that our God is the same yesterday, today and forever!
His mystery, His love, His grace, mercy, forgiveness, His ways, His profound and furious love and desire to be with His children is the same yesterday, today and forever.
I never have to worry about God changing His mind or His ways.
His promises are sure.
He is faithful.
He is the same...
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13. 8)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Eight years ago Julie and I visited Disney World. It was February of 2005. After years of trying "everything under the sun" to get pregnant Julie and I had just been blessed with securing an Open Adoption with a young woman named Barbara. We knew "Faith Louise" would arrive in three months. On February 8, 2005 while sitting in a "rocking glider" at "Baby's R Us", Julie looked over at me and said, "I don't feel so good." I appropriately responded, "I'm sorry sweetie." Then she looked right at me and said, "I think I'm pregnant." I looked right at her and said, "By who?"
God does have a sense of humor. Three months later Faith arrived and eight months later Joshua arrived.
Lest I digress...
Twenty years ago and eight years ago I spent time at Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Yesterday, I spent the day at the Magic Kingdom once again.
Here's my observation...
Nothing has changed!! The buildings are the exact same color. The flowers are the exact same. The rides were exactly the same, with the same music, the same characters.
In the Magic Kingdom everything was, and is and will be the same!
My iWitness...
There is something very comforting in the familiar.
No surprises! No letdowns! You know exactly what to expect.
I love the fact that our God is the same yesterday, today and forever!
His mystery, His love, His grace, mercy, forgiveness, His ways, His profound and furious love and desire to be with His children is the same yesterday, today and forever.
I never have to worry about God changing His mind or His ways.
His promises are sure.
He is faithful.
He is the same...
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Hebrews 13. 8)
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
Monday, April 1, 2013
Where dreams come true...
We drove under the "Welcome To Disney World" sign this morning. The tag line underneath the aforementioned phrase stuck with me all day yesterday - "Where Dreams Come True"
I must have been in a cynical mood because my first thought, dripping with sarcasm was, "Oh please!"
We went to the Disney Wild Kingdom Animal Park today and it was a great day, full of waiting in lines, nausea producing roller coasters that went forward and backward, Daddy Dendy making three baskets in a row with a regulation size basketball going through a barely wide enough hoop to win two stuffed snakes for Faith and Joshua, going on a safari ride, dancing with African street dancers and spectacular people watching opportunities.
Our last event of the day was "The Festival of the Lion King." It was majestic. Brilliant costumes, incredible voices, perfect timing on the choreography, audience participation and the great songs we have come to love from The Lion King like "The Circle of Life."
As the show was about to end everyone was singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight!" The monkeys were jumping around, the actors on stilts were dancing, the birds were flying and members of the cast went into the front rows and grabbed some children to walk around the staging area in a circle. All the kids were smiling and laughing and dancing.
Then I saw the little boy. He couldn't have been any older than seven or eight. Confined to a wheelchair, he looked like he suffered from cerebral palsy. His head had been gently wedged between two pads to hold it still. His arms and legs were motionless . A zebra (woman dressed up like one with a huge smile on her face) was pushing his wheelchair around the circle along with the other children. The smile on this little boy's face was unmistakable, uninhibited and downright unforgettable!! He couldn't stop smiling! He wouldn't stop smiling!
And that's when it hit me like a ton of bricks...maybe, just maybe his dreams came true today! Tears filled my eyes as I watched his dreams come true, if only for a few moments. And then I suddenly realized that I was watching my own dream come true...
My iWitness...
There it was...
The Circle of Life with Jesus as the Ringleader inviting everyone to "come on in!"
Able bodied and disabled bodied people were part of the show.
People of every race and color were accepted.
There was No fear. No judgment. No bias. No dysfunction. No problems.
Everyone sang.
Everyone danced.
Everyone laughed.
Everyone smiled.
I have to say it...
"It was a dream come true..."
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
"Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." (Revelation 21. 1-5)
I must have been in a cynical mood because my first thought, dripping with sarcasm was, "Oh please!"
We went to the Disney Wild Kingdom Animal Park today and it was a great day, full of waiting in lines, nausea producing roller coasters that went forward and backward, Daddy Dendy making three baskets in a row with a regulation size basketball going through a barely wide enough hoop to win two stuffed snakes for Faith and Joshua, going on a safari ride, dancing with African street dancers and spectacular people watching opportunities.
Our last event of the day was "The Festival of the Lion King." It was majestic. Brilliant costumes, incredible voices, perfect timing on the choreography, audience participation and the great songs we have come to love from The Lion King like "The Circle of Life."
As the show was about to end everyone was singing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight!" The monkeys were jumping around, the actors on stilts were dancing, the birds were flying and members of the cast went into the front rows and grabbed some children to walk around the staging area in a circle. All the kids were smiling and laughing and dancing.
Then I saw the little boy. He couldn't have been any older than seven or eight. Confined to a wheelchair, he looked like he suffered from cerebral palsy. His head had been gently wedged between two pads to hold it still. His arms and legs were motionless . A zebra (woman dressed up like one with a huge smile on her face) was pushing his wheelchair around the circle along with the other children. The smile on this little boy's face was unmistakable, uninhibited and downright unforgettable!! He couldn't stop smiling! He wouldn't stop smiling!
And that's when it hit me like a ton of bricks...maybe, just maybe his dreams came true today! Tears filled my eyes as I watched his dreams come true, if only for a few moments. And then I suddenly realized that I was watching my own dream come true...
My iWitness...
There it was...
The Circle of Life with Jesus as the Ringleader inviting everyone to "come on in!"
Able bodied and disabled bodied people were part of the show.
People of every race and color were accepted.
There was No fear. No judgment. No bias. No dysfunction. No problems.
Everyone sang.
Everyone danced.
Everyone laughed.
Everyone smiled.
I have to say it...
"It was a dream come true..."
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!
"Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." (Revelation 21. 1-5)
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