Renewal

My favorite saying this last while has been; 'it's all part of the process.' As heaven descends to earth, God is in the process of renewing at every level. In Montreal over the past several years, the very large majority of our maple trees have been infected with some sort of disease causing big, unsightly black spots on their leaves. This year most trees' leaves are perfect and unspotted. This is God's renewal and purification in nature. In Montreal's downtown there has been a big stretch of it's main street...the Seville area...which has been left underdeveloped and dilapidated. Recently plans have been announced to reinvigorate the area. This is God's renewal of our physical structures. To my mind the greatest area of renewal by God is in man. He is renewing our hearts. Every day in my travels I see examples of this. It is no surprise that God's greatest feat of renewal would be in mankind...after all, we are His most cherished creation!