Good morning! I know it has been hot out, it is August after all, but those autumn cold fronts will start up before we are ready. At this time of the year, it is hard to say something like that and believe it. Day after day goes by and the temp stays up there in the 90's. Yet, prophets of a sort warn time and again that autumn and its colder temps will come. Of course this leads into another subject. We're not here to introduce a weather class! For just a decade or two shy of 2,000 years, a bunch of Christian prophets have warned in a similar manner that Christ will return. We stand on the authority of the word of God, and it tells us that there is a second coming in the works. However, in a stout test of our faith, Jesus also said that no man will know the date. No, I don't think He meant to go ask the women in this case. That does work in some things, but probably not this one.
One morning, we may not get up before we are taken up. We may reach for the light switch one night, and instead see the arrival of the Light. We don't have to think about it every day, but once in a while we should send out the reminder that Jesus will return soon, probably before everyone is ready in fact. Once again, that is not some prophetic vision on my part, but a bit from the Word. Jesus told a parable about bridesmaids; some were ready to go, others missed the party because they weren't ready. It is okay to be surprised when Jesus returns, all of us will be, but we very much want to be ready.
Have a soul-ready day in Christ!Bucky
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