"For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."
2 Corinthians 1:19-20
I like the idea that in Christ is it yea and amen... it reminds me of an E. E. Cummings poem that starts out like this:
i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
and seems to carry that same feeling of positivity, trying to grasp that idea of immensity and rejoicing in the word "yes" or "yea" as it is here in the verse.
Everything about God is positive and uplifting and beautiful and perfect... the idea that "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all" (1 John 1:5) and if we stick with God, that light just grows "brighter and brighter until the perfect day" (D&C 50:24). It's also the same idea that Paul expresses here, just a few verses later when he explains that they aren't there to control their faith, but rather to help their joy (2 Corinthians 1:24).
Today, let's work to let go of any negativity and fear when we think of God, and remember that he is the source of all good... and let's thank him for it, and agree to his plan even when we don't understand all of the details yet. God will help us understand over time, and until then, "by faith [we] stand" (2 Corinthians 1:24).
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