Jesus is Coming Back!

Jesus is coming back!!!!

Wow... have you ever stopped to think about meeting Him face to face? I had the opportunity, no, the gift, of taking the time to stop and truly imagine being in the presence of God this past week. It makes everything else in life seem so trivial. I immediately became anxious at the thought of meeting the Lord face to face. I hated that I felt anxious, but I really did. I think the anxiety comes from knowing His word and His commands, and living differently. I think it comes from my disobedience and flat out just being lukewarm. Since I know I am not living my life as He commands, I become anxious. I have doubts. Satan creeps in and then it's just a mess. But when I open His Word, read His promises and seek Him once again, the doubts, fears and anxieties melt away. Peace takes over. Hope remains.

Jesus is coming back!!!!

I should be excited for this! This is what I am supposed to be living for! But again, fear creeps in. Fear of the unknown, fear of those I love being left behind, fear of not having done enough or believed enough or anythinged enough.

I know He is coming. I know Heaven will be the most amazing, incomparable place that I am not even capable of imagining. I know I am an "alien" on this earth and my true home is not here. It is with Him. My Savior, my Lord, my Redeemer.

If you have never done so before, I encourage you to take a few moments and imagine you are at the end of your life (which any of us could be at any second) or that Jesus is coming back (which He could be at any second). How do you feel when you think of leaving this temporary life and being suddenly in the presence of God? Wow... Does it make you think any differently of your priorities? Goals? Money? Time? If you do not believe in Him, does it make you worry about what will happen when that day comes?

So many thoughts... it is time for bed... so with a heavy and hopeful heart I will leave you with one last thought: Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Him. All my love...