This has been quite a year!
Mexico, Dallas, illness, Faye is Born! Ma falls, Ma dies, Gloria falls, Gloria has dementia, Colorado and New Mexico, Sue and Jimmy marry, Gloria goes into Assisted Living, we decide to sell our home and remodel Ma's condo and move in, Chco, Michael and Paloma marry, Gloria illness which brings on more dementia, former co workers Sonia and Paola come to church, Revelation study in BSF, Christmas with Michael, Paloma and Deakin, Paloma is expecting! Christmas Eve telling Gloria 10 times Ma is dead, Christmas Eve, Paola and Sonia on either side of me, Christmas Day with the family in Morgan Hill, New Years Eve with Jan and Peter in Palm Desert. Just to name a few. More happened I am sure.
Some of my favorite music: Even So Come Album by Passion, Adore Album by Chris Tomlin. I listen to these over and over. They are in my mind over and over.
Then today, I thought about what we are studying in Revelation. It tells of the 5 months of torture that those who do not believe will be suffering. God's Mercy, so they will turn to Him and not have His wrath upon them for eternity. I thought about the story Jesus told about Lazarus and the Rich Man. How God told the Rich Man that if people didn't believe Moses and the Prophets, they wouldn't believe even if someone came back from the dead.
This was on my mind this morning:
Revelation 22:20 KJV: "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
I have been pondering the even so come. One of my favorite Chris Tomlin songs is Even So Come. As we are in the study of the book of Revelation in Bible Study Fellowship, we have been reading about all that will happen to those who have hard hearts, who refuse to believe. Wrath is held back, because of God's Mercy, and there will be time to turn to God and repent. The thought of my loved ones being tortured by creatures for 5 months with no relief, is beyond my ability to cope. I can't begin to imagine it. It is terrifying. I have always thought that I would be perhaps killed or tortured for my belief. I never thought about others suffering to that extend for their unbelief.
After it is all said, almost the very last sentence of Revelation says, in the King James Version, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Even though by asking, we are asking for terrifying things to take place, we are asking for You to display Your power and wrath (even a tiny bit of God's wrath will wipe out almost everything). This week, our speaker at BSF mentioned that this is not paradise. Never will be. It must be burned up. Paradise is something completely different. We look to the day when we will see paradise. Even if our loved ones don't believe, come Lord Jesus. Even though we will be terrified, come. Even with all we know, come.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come.
Mexico, Dallas, illness, Faye is Born! Ma falls, Ma dies, Gloria falls, Gloria has dementia, Colorado and New Mexico, Sue and Jimmy marry, Gloria goes into Assisted Living, we decide to sell our home and remodel Ma's condo and move in, Chco, Michael and Paloma marry, Gloria illness which brings on more dementia, former co workers Sonia and Paola come to church, Revelation study in BSF, Christmas with Michael, Paloma and Deakin, Paloma is expecting! Christmas Eve telling Gloria 10 times Ma is dead, Christmas Eve, Paola and Sonia on either side of me, Christmas Day with the family in Morgan Hill, New Years Eve with Jan and Peter in Palm Desert. Just to name a few. More happened I am sure.
Some of my favorite music: Even So Come Album by Passion, Adore Album by Chris Tomlin. I listen to these over and over. They are in my mind over and over.
Then today, I thought about what we are studying in Revelation. It tells of the 5 months of torture that those who do not believe will be suffering. God's Mercy, so they will turn to Him and not have His wrath upon them for eternity. I thought about the story Jesus told about Lazarus and the Rich Man. How God told the Rich Man that if people didn't believe Moses and the Prophets, they wouldn't believe even if someone came back from the dead.
This was on my mind this morning:
Revelation 22:20 KJV: "He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."
I have been pondering the even so come. One of my favorite Chris Tomlin songs is Even So Come. As we are in the study of the book of Revelation in Bible Study Fellowship, we have been reading about all that will happen to those who have hard hearts, who refuse to believe. Wrath is held back, because of God's Mercy, and there will be time to turn to God and repent. The thought of my loved ones being tortured by creatures for 5 months with no relief, is beyond my ability to cope. I can't begin to imagine it. It is terrifying. I have always thought that I would be perhaps killed or tortured for my belief. I never thought about others suffering to that extend for their unbelief.
After it is all said, almost the very last sentence of Revelation says, in the King James Version, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Even though by asking, we are asking for terrifying things to take place, we are asking for You to display Your power and wrath (even a tiny bit of God's wrath will wipe out almost everything). This week, our speaker at BSF mentioned that this is not paradise. Never will be. It must be burned up. Paradise is something completely different. We look to the day when we will see paradise. Even if our loved ones don't believe, come Lord Jesus. Even though we will be terrified, come. Even with all we know, come.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus, come.
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