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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Chris Tufnel, a vicar in the Church of England. It's easy to watch the news and feel despair at the state of the world
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Everything seems to be getting worse. One crisis is followed by another
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Politicians make promises that never materialise. Things seem impossible to fix. And so it's natural to become cynical
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to hear things that seem too good to be true and think, yeah, right
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At the very end of the Bible, there's a vision of the future that seems too good to be true
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In Revelation 21, Jesus declares, Behold, I am making all things new
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Everything broken, everything lost, everything that weighs us down, Jesus promises to make new
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Of course, we question whether there's any reason to believe such a promise as that. And if Jesus had been like other people, there wouldn't be
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But I don't believe he was. I believe he demonstrated ultimate power over death and
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brokenness by himself rising from the dead. And that that gives weight and credibility
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to his promise. So even in the midst of news that can feel overwhelmingly bad
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the Bible invites all people, by putting their trust in Jesus, to be part of a future in which
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all things will be made new again. It's not just a comforting story, something to get us through
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the night. It's a promise from one who has already shown that nothing is beyond his power to restore
