I'm just going to dive in here and see if maybe something emerges. I apologize for my silence--not much going on--blogworthy anyway.
My future is very much in question as to where I will spend it. And that puts some stress on me and it also means there is a lot to do before I go wherever it is that I am going. I have a house full of stuff and depending on where I end up, there is a variety of possibilities as to what I will need. I would really appreciate your prayers in regard to my future abode, that I will find something accessible that I will have the ability to pay for or to qualify for benefits to pay for it. As I wrote that phrase "Future abode" I had to smile because no matter where I am not or where I will be in a year--my true "future abode" is not in question. I know where I will be going before they close my coffin.
My thoughts often wander there. Running. Leaping. With perfect vision, strength and free from every pain and every constraint that binds me now. I will be reunited with friends and family who have gone before me. I will meet the folks that people the pages of Scripture. My questions will probably be answered and what isn't answered won't matter anymore. And that is all well and wonderful. But to see HIM. The Lover of my Soul: My husband. And my Father. And the sweet Spirit who whispers to me the guidance and love that I need here in this present life. What will that be like? I know I will be on my face, sobbing with joy and thanksgiving for the mercy that permits me enter there....and for the wonder of finally seeing the Lamb who was sacrificed on my behalf. The One who endured the unendurable so that I would not have to.
And one of the wonderful parts is that I do not have to pack or select what to bring there. What I need is already there. The rewards I have been stockpiling there will be there when I get there. My home there is ready and waiting. My most treasured possession here on earth will not be missed there. It will be shoddy and meaningless in comparison to the riches I will find there. That reminds me of an anecdote I heard about a miser who was nearing his final moments on earth and he filled his pockets and socks with his gold and when he got to the gates of Heaven, one saint whispered to another "Why on earth does he have his pockets full of road pavement?"
On that note I will leave you. And if you do not know for certain that you will be welcomed in Heaven please know that God himself came to earth in the confines of a human and was killed in the most barbaric way imaginable to pay the price your sins have earned for you. And that future I described can be yours as well if you confess your sins and repent...turn away from them...Based on the work Jesus did on the cross for you, you can receive his forgiveness and begin to live your life with different parameters, in new strength and he will change your sinful heart for a different one--one that is like his own. Find a Bible and read it. Start with the four Gospels in the beginning of the New Testament. And then you will have the permission and authority to pray...to speak directly to God without needing anyone to speak for you. Email me if you have questions or need to have someone rejoice with you.
My future is very much in question as to where I will spend it. And that puts some stress on me and it also means there is a lot to do before I go wherever it is that I am going. I have a house full of stuff and depending on where I end up, there is a variety of possibilities as to what I will need. I would really appreciate your prayers in regard to my future abode, that I will find something accessible that I will have the ability to pay for or to qualify for benefits to pay for it. As I wrote that phrase "Future abode" I had to smile because no matter where I am not or where I will be in a year--my true "future abode" is not in question. I know where I will be going before they close my coffin.
My thoughts often wander there. Running. Leaping. With perfect vision, strength and free from every pain and every constraint that binds me now. I will be reunited with friends and family who have gone before me. I will meet the folks that people the pages of Scripture. My questions will probably be answered and what isn't answered won't matter anymore. And that is all well and wonderful. But to see HIM. The Lover of my Soul: My husband. And my Father. And the sweet Spirit who whispers to me the guidance and love that I need here in this present life. What will that be like? I know I will be on my face, sobbing with joy and thanksgiving for the mercy that permits me enter there....and for the wonder of finally seeing the Lamb who was sacrificed on my behalf. The One who endured the unendurable so that I would not have to.
And one of the wonderful parts is that I do not have to pack or select what to bring there. What I need is already there. The rewards I have been stockpiling there will be there when I get there. My home there is ready and waiting. My most treasured possession here on earth will not be missed there. It will be shoddy and meaningless in comparison to the riches I will find there. That reminds me of an anecdote I heard about a miser who was nearing his final moments on earth and he filled his pockets and socks with his gold and when he got to the gates of Heaven, one saint whispered to another "Why on earth does he have his pockets full of road pavement?"
On that note I will leave you. And if you do not know for certain that you will be welcomed in Heaven please know that God himself came to earth in the confines of a human and was killed in the most barbaric way imaginable to pay the price your sins have earned for you. And that future I described can be yours as well if you confess your sins and repent...turn away from them...Based on the work Jesus did on the cross for you, you can receive his forgiveness and begin to live your life with different parameters, in new strength and he will change your sinful heart for a different one--one that is like his own. Find a Bible and read it. Start with the four Gospels in the beginning of the New Testament. And then you will have the permission and authority to pray...to speak directly to God without needing anyone to speak for you. Email me if you have questions or need to have someone rejoice with you.
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