Some news stirs us more than others. It fills our screens, our conversations, sometimes even our nights. We feel as if everything is at stake right now, as if the whole future hangs on what just happened.
History reminds us of something else. Empires that seemed eternal have vanished. Powers once thought invincible are now only a page in a book. What looked immense yesterday is often forgotten tomorrow.
John does not despise the world. He simply invites us not to rest our whole weight on it. What passes can touch us without defining us.
This morning we can choose where to anchor our hearts. Not in what changes every day, but in the One who does not change. We can pray for those who carry responsibility, and speak gently to those who think differently from us.
Kingdoms pass. God’s peace remains.