In my devotions Sunday it talked about when Jesus tells His Apostles He is leaving but not to be sad because they will see Him again. Of course for them it meant He was going to rise from the dead and they saw Him again in a few days. For us it means we have waited over 2000 years and He still has not come back, but we have Him with us in the Holy Spirit's indwelling so we should be joyful.
I was thinking about if He were to come this very minute and everything of my life and this world were to be over and His new earth begun. To be absolutely honest - do I really want to say goodbye this very minute to my family, my life, my things I enjoy doing or eating or looking forward to?
I'm happy He didn't come on Friday and we got to take a delightful and well planned trip to Chattanooga, Tennessee. We wanted to celebrate our 75th, 50th and 20th milestone birthdays together while we were together. Karissa was in Japan and I in West Virginia when MG had her 50th in June and Karissa will be back at Princeton when she celebrates her 20th on September 22nd. We had a marvelous time - all we could have hoped for and much more.
I'm glad I got to be alive for another eclipse and one sort of amazing since it was ONLY crossing the USA. I enjoyed a chocolate covered HOT Krispy Kreme donut that they featured special for today and my cute granddaughter waited in line to get a dozen.
I want to be ready to die at any moment. I want the Dear Lord to believe I do consider this a foreign land and my real home is being built up there with Him and waiting for me to come. I hope all my loved ones will be going with me so I won't have to miss anyone ever again. I want to be joyful in all types of tribulation, suffering and pain that my loved ones are experiencing believing that this is nothing compared to the GLORY that awaits us all. I want to think of our lives as James told us but a "vapor" meaning no longer than the breath I just took.
But I must confess I am not always in that frame of mind. I am not always that ready to let go of any of it and definitely not this very minute. Obviously I must keep praying and working hard at becoming more spiritually minded. Yes, I must and I should pray that I start NOW. Maybe we should pray for each other. God bless.
I love the words and am very torn between seeing my grands grow into beautiful people, watching my children's marriage (the good the bad and the ugly) growing older with each other and the Lord taking me from this daily pain and worrisome world! Thank you for your honesty, it helps the rest of us understand we are not alone in this.
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