Thursday, August 20 The former things will not be called to mind.​—Isa. 65:17.

[Áine]

Thursday, August 20

The former things will not be called to mind.—Isa. 65:17.

 

What about all the things that have caused God’s people pain and distress? Eventually, those things “will be forgotten [and] concealed from [God’s] eyes.” (Isa. 65:16) Jehovah will make our troubles go away, and in time the pain of such memories will vanish completely. Even now, it is soothing to our nerves to be at our Christian meetings, where we can relax and put behind us the stresses of this wicked world. We contribute to the calmness of our spiritual environment when we manifest the love, joy, peace, kindness, and mildness that are included in the fruitage of God’s spirit. (Gal. 5:22, 23) What a blessing it is for us to be associated with God’s organization! Those who remain in the spiritual paradise will see the complete fulfillment of God’s promise of “new heavens and a new earth.” w24.04 22 ¶9-10

[ChrisW]

14 hours ago, Áine said:

We contribute to the calmness of our spiritual environment when we manifest the love, joy, peace, kindness, and mildness that are included in the fruitage of God’s spirit.

I think of the time in the near future where I can help clean up this earth and contribute to making it the beautiful paradise Jehovah meant it to be. And yet Jehovah has a spiritual paradise that I can contribute to right now.  It exist in our congregations, in our homes, in prisons in refugee camps.  Anywhere his people are.  It's a miracle and a constant poke at Satan and his world.