When I study the history of the human race and consider the pace of technological change and our inability to stop it or even contain its unintended consequences, I honestly cannot envision how the world could get better. A world that has cured most forms of cancer is far easier for me to imagine than a world that treats humans as humans. But God is not confined by my imagination. My duty is to remain here, represent God, and wait. That is what it means to “stand with empty hands and palms turned upwards,” to “wait without hope.” He will redeem His creation. He, not you, will make all things
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