future-birth

From my Hope For Today Bible by Joel and Victoria Osteen.



Take Heart

God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed (Genesis 4:25).

Imagine the disappointment and devastation Adam and Eve must have felt when they discovered that their son Cain had killed their son Abel. Despite their pain, they said in Genesis 4:25 that God granted them another son. They were saying in effect, “We are horrified that something like this could happen in our family, and we feel wiped out. But we’re not going to mourn forever.”

In your difficult times when you feel like conditions couldn’t get any worse, God still says, “Take heart. I’m going to provide another. I’m going to do a new thing.” God always has a plan. He always has a way, even when there seems to be no way.

Remember, if you will do your part to let go of the old and start pressing forward, you will give birth to more in the future than you’ve lost in the past.