Good Monday morning! We have enjoyed some truly nice January days as of late, but how long will it last? Wouldn't it be great to be in a place where wondering how long the good times will last would in fact be the least and last of our worries? That place is coming to you and me soon! One day a New Heaven and a New Earth will be our permanent home. What a good thought to start the week on!
For now though, we will just have to trust in Jesus. What can I say about trusting that will make all of us finally get it? Perhaps that final, all-encompassing, statement of trust can only come from God through His Holy Spirit. Every person who has ever taken pen to paper, speech to the pulpit, or fingers to the keyboard, has thought about the very best words to comfort, encourage, and strengthen those who believe in Jesus. Not one of us speaks directly to the depths of the soul like the Holy Spirit does. Not one of us can patiently repeat encouragement as much and as long as all of us will need it in this life as the Holy Spirit can. The final solution to our pains and problems comes from God through Christ Jesus. No one on Earth, no matter how faithful and strong in the Lord, can take the place of Jesus in the lives of those who believe. As we grow in our faith and know Jesus more, not one of us would want to take His rightful place in your life. Jesus said that He is the way, the truth and the life; knowing that gives us the answer to the question of where to place our trust. Perhaps the perfect statement of trust has already been said!
May God grant you strength and peace on this fine Monday morning!
Bucky
Sunrise, sunset - the title to a song from a musical or simply a couple of those reminders of what the New Earth will be like? In creating the Earth, God didn't have to make the sunrise so lovely. Often in some of the hottest and driest parts of this Earth, the sunrise and sunset hours are the only comfortable times of the day. Not every sunrise or sunset can be seen. However, when God paints a beautiful sunrise or sunset, you and I often feel the urge to stop and just watch for a while. Sometimes we even have the opportunity to do this. Can you imagine a world where there is no sunrise or sunset? Revelation tells us that one day we will be in a place where there is no sunset and no dawn. So how does the beauty of these events remind of us of Heaven? The beauty is the reminder. Imagine watching the sky each day to see what God paints on that great canvas; imagine each day showing a new sky that surely must be more beautiful than the last and yet each one is different. We don't know for sure what we will see each day on the New Earth, but I think those beautiful sunrises and sunsets must be a hint of what is to come.
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