Philippians 1 : 6
Can the dead be raised in todays world? It all depend on what has died. Sometimes bringing something to life is simply a matter of hard work and time. . . Perhaps even centuries. The staff a Redwood National Park in California will tell you that attempting to do this is definitely worth the effort.
In 1978, the park "grew by sixty square miles of clear-cut forest. Congress gave the park's managers a challenge: restore the land to its natural state. A warning was also given: the final results of your work won't be visible for hundred of years.
Work began. Since 1978, roads have been removed, stream and estuary habitats have been repaired, land that was stripped of vegetation has been replanted, and hundred of haul roads and ski trails have been erased. In the process, the park has become something of a living laboratory," a means of helping environmental researchers learn more about restoration ecology. What they have learned so far at Redwood has been beneficial to managing the health of other national and state parks.
The next time you think your efforts may be too little too late, remember the worlds tallest tree located at Redwood did not grow to be 368 feet high overnight. It takes time to become magnificent.
The Scripture do not tells us to be restored to our "natural" state, but to be transformed into the image of Christ Jesus. ( see Rimans 12:2 ) this transformation isn't immediate. Some habits and pattern takes along time to change. Hurtful memories require healing, and may never be fully erased. New ways of thinking and responding can be slow to develop.
However, our transformation is the work of the Holy Spirit within us, and He never fails! Trust God today to be at work in your transformation a project that may take all your lifetime and be complete only in eternity, but will end in your wholeness. Here image of picture shown;
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