Revelation 20:11-15
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Matthew 13
47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind. 48 When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad. 49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
God is in His Heaven and all is right with the world. Some days are like this. And others are not.
Each day we get a choice. We will stand firm in what we believe of Father God and Jesus Christ. In doing so, we create straight pathways. We know ourselves. And we are known to our God.
1 Peter 1:3-5
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Peter faced some dark times. His were extremely unusual, he was looking at Jesus Christ. It could have been unsurmountable. Except Jesus helped Peter. Jesus calls His Spirit Comforter. Teacher.
We grow tired and feel born again happened a long time ago. God tells us a day to God is thousands of years. Telling us God is God the Almighty. Nothing is too difficult for him.
We face times we feel like the father Jesus met after the Transfiguration. Where is our faith, we have a little, we need God to provide more. And in being honest with Jesus, Jesus and His Comforter provide more of the straight path. Jesus does not leave us alone.
We have had so many times in our lives.
Cal did not breathe all the time his first year of life. Apnea. One time he turned blue and I was grateful to have received CPR from the neonatal unit. Alexander turned blue from a fever seizure and the CPR training was used again. Life offers us times like this. Sometimes seasons of job loss. I worked in a Marketing Department with 23 people and in 12 months 22 lost their jobs. An accounting department where the entire department of 200 people were let go.
We have two skyscrapers nearby that the company, this exists in the "was' category. I just had a 20 minute conversation with my mother - as good as it has been in a number of years and as the evening progressed, I realized she was talking about things occuring years ago. Mother can't stand up for very long and she certainly didn't clean her bathroom.
For all of us, the frailties of human life. We face, "the comment." We find we think we are needed and are unneeded. The outrageous. The hurtful. Every day. The sun in the sky makes a path. Seasons of Light. Seasons of clouds. We all live a life where we hope for blue skies and fair weather with a nice breeze to further our life. And the truth is - we will all live a life where we will shake things off.
We have had a young man we call Ferris Bueller.
We have loved to see him. Even the superb young men, we see from time to time who seem to have 50,000 of the ten talents. We see such light in these young men, they increase in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man. And we find in the mortal world - wings are clipped. Stories are told of hardship - sometimes with humor. And then we hurt to find they hurt. We sorrow to see young women not bloom. And we know we all face the day together deciding if we will hold on to our Blessings with Faith.
When I worked in Prolife, one of the blooming young women was in training to become a Psychologist. And we all found together this young woman had her days God was in His Heaven. And the days where nothing would ever be sunny again. In the MIB world, something is always just crashing. And I suppose, God gives us all these events to wake to realize we live through them.
Sometimes anger is better than sorrow. At least you feel something is out there to fight. Something to crunch down on and make Justice. God tells us about anger over 400 times. And God demonstrated with all apt ability the Disciples were always confused and always in fear. And out of this rag-tag bunch, the Life of Jesus Christ has been changing the world for 2,000 years. Today, someone will believe and generations of their life will see Jesus.
Peter was not really on time for Jesus. He echoed what Andrew had told him. Jesus gave Peter and His Family time to catch up.
When the waves continue to seem dreary or dreadful, we still have the option to Have Faith. Have Happiness, to rekindle the straight path within us. To touch Jesus and His Comforter Father God has given us.
Jesus told us
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest
Abba,
Sometimes we boldly receive Your Favor. Sometimes we do not even come close to this.
And the truth is Jesus is the Christ of God. Your Only Son. Nothing is too hard for You. You make straight paths when we see none of this.
God of Encouragement. When the Holy Spirit gives you another wind. When our truth of Jesus Living within us Shines Brighter than the dreary darkness. Thank You, Abba, when provide fortitude.
Your Word reminds us You are working. When we remember the Scriptures. When we see the people who Love God are finding healing. Like Elliott and Harby. When we remember the miracles arriving suddenly. When Life is sweeter again. When we pause to remember the people we have prayed for and the answers You give.
Generations unborn will be fought for. A place for Love to grow. The God of Love. God of Hope. God of Encouragement sweeping up. Putting the darkness away and allowing Light to arrive in the Steadfast Mercy Jesus gives.
Blessings of Jesus upon you and upon me. Blessings of Jesus on the people we Love. Blessings of Jesus on our Church and employment, our families and homes. Blessings of Jesus on this Nation and the Light of Jesus shining without borders. Blessing us with the Living Hope of Jesus Living within us.
Yes Blessed be the God of our Fathers, Living Working and Loving today.
Amen in Jesus.
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