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Author: Tara Deck Article source: http://www.wahmiam.com/. Used with author's permission.
Acts 2:20-21
The sun will be turned darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
I've been thinking a lot about the end of the world lately. Not the normal doomsday variety, I'm not pre-trib, post-trib or anything complicated. I heard someone once say, we'll all get it straight on the way up and that philosophy works fine with me. I've been thinking more about 'Am I ready'. Kind of like the packing check list before a big trip. I know I'm saved so I can cross that one off the list but I'm starting to think that there is more preparation necessary.
I guess it really struck me the other day when my son called me to see the pretty sunset. I was busy, doing something important I'm sure. By the time I made it outside, it was gone. I sat there for a while playing the what-if game. What if the sun didn't rise tomorrow? What if that was the last sunset I ever had the opportunity to see? Okay, maybe that does seem a bit doomsday but the truth is, that for many people that day it was the last. Of all the promises God has made us, tomorrow isn't one of them.
My husband works with 345 kilovolts of electricity every day. My children are in public schools. I have four close family relatives with heart disease. I have a sister with MS, a sister with depression and a 20-year old sister that drives in Austin. Am I ready spiritually for the sun to set on these relationships? Did I do all I could to show them my love? Christ's love? The eternal love of God?
It's a knuckle-brained world out there and the truth is, I'm not ready. There is so much more to do, so much more to say than just good-bye. Thankfully, for me the sun did rise the next day. God gave me another opportunity and I will be eternally grateful for that. Maybe I didn't get as much laundry done, or finish the rest of that all-important to-do list but it just didn't seem so important anymore. I lost one sunset; I don't intend to lose another.
Galatians 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity let us do good to all people,
especially to those who belong to the family of believers. © 2005 www.SecretAngels.Org
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