We had such beautiful clouds today. So many shapes and sizes. Some looked as if they were stacked so tall
and beautiful with rays of the sun pouring thru them. Such beauty.
Just stunning.
Every time I see clouds like these it always reminds me of......Luke 21:27-28 And then shall they see the Son of man coming
in the cloud with power and great glory.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up
your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Sometimes the clouds are so beautiful and solid looking and
the sun shining thru them so gloriously it looks to me, like I think it would
look when Christ returns.
The world can be a wonderful place full of beauty and times of great peace in our lives but is also a sinful, hard, fallen, place as well.
Tim and I have been abundantly blessed. We have had times of plenty and times that
were horribly lean. We have rejoiced in
the addition of each child and have suffered great sorrow in the loss of a much
loved daughter. We have had seasons in
our lives of peace and contentment and prolonged seasons full of difficult
situations that felt as if they would never cease. We have had times when fellowship was all around
us and times we were ridiculed and shunned by the ones we loved and thought
loved us.
What a different world this is, than what God had intended
for us, his children. We were to always have health.
Always have good food without working hard for it. To have child birth be a wonderful experience? And to never cry, mourn, be sorrowful or be
depressed. These things all came about
thru sin. How sad and hard.
I am so grateful that God sent His son Jesus to redeem
us. I am so grateful that thru His
sacrifice I can have that same relationship with God that Adam and Eve
had. Fellowship with God. Wow! The one who made it all, us all. To boldly go into the throne room
and speak with God about all that is on my heart and have him listen and help me. How on earth do people make it without the
Lord?
In the bible there is a time in Jesus ministry in Luke
chapter 8, when he did many miracles in a town and the people loved him and ministered
to his needs. He decided to go across to
the town on the other side of the lake (Gadarenes) and there he cast the Legion out of the
demon possessed man that lived in the tombs.
He cast the Legion into the swine and they all ran down a steep hill and
drown into the sea. The people were so afraid
or upset about him doing this they asked him to depart from their coasts. So Jesus got back in a ship and went back
over to the town on the other side he had just come from. And there, in the very next verse, is a verse
so beautiful to me. It is Luke 8:40 and
it says… And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly
received him: for they were all waiting for him.
He had done great things, Miracles! In their town and lives.
He left, they missed him so much and
were eagerly awaiting his return. But
they didn’t know when that would be. So
they just waited. They were so happy
when they saw him coming back that they gladly received him.
Are we ever like those people in the second town across the
lake? They were in awe of the miracle. But really didn’t want Jesus around because
they didn’t know what he was going to do next.
They were afraid and unsure. If
they followed this Jesus and listened to him, what would he ask of
them? What else would he do? Often times people don’t give God
their whole life because they are afraid of what God might ask them to do or
give up. Not realizing that to die to
this world and live for the Lord is gain and the blessings over flow.
But…..The man who had Legion cast out of him was so grateful he wanted
to follow Jesus. But Jesus told him…..(Luke
8:39) Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath
done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city
how great things Jesus had done unto him.
Jesus left that man to be a missionary and as a reminder
to the town that sent him away! Isn’t
Jesus so loving that even when the town wished him gone, he left a remnant. A seed sower, a person on
fire for the Lord to proclaim his gospel thru out the whole town, preaching to
anyone that would hear and believe! Just
in case, someone might be saved.
Are we like the people in the first town? I sure am now. After years of learning and growing, living
and getting to know God, the things of this world mean nothing to Tim and I. We have had so much in life, lost it and now
have some possessions again. But thru losing
everything in the past, we learned it all means nothing. It is people, salvation, witnessing, giving of
our time to others, helping the widow and orphans of this world in any way God
shows you to. Those are the things that
matter. Those are the…..laying up our
treasures in heaven where moth and rust wont corrupt them, treasures. Those are the treasures that make heaven your
home. Because you wish to be with those
you witnessed to, shared God with, encouraged, loved and lost here on
earth.
I don’t know about you.
But I know my God. I know my
Jesus and HE has done great things for me and to me in my life. I didn’t deserve them. None of us do. But I am excitedly working for Him….seeking His face......watching….….
to gladly receive him because I have been waiting for him. Coming in the
clouds.
susan
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