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"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
King James Version

When we go on vacation or on a long trip we pack things so we are ready to go when we decide to go. When Jesus comes back for us, we won't have time to get ready because we don't know when He is coming back for us.

Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman wrote the hymn "Is Thy Heart Right With God?" Every one of us needs to search our heart and see if there is anything in our heart that hurts Jesus and breaks His heart.

We may be saved. We may teach Sunday school, sing in the choir, play the piano or organ, or even preach but none of us are perfect. All of us hurt Jesus at times and break His heart.

How sad it would be if we can't look Jesus in the eyes when He comes back for us because of the things that we allow to remain in our heart like unforgiveness, bitterness, anger, jealousy and hatred.

One day every one of us will stand before our Heavenly Father and give an account of the ways we treated His Son. May God have mercy on us if we are hurting Jesus and breaking His heart because of the things we do and the things we say.

Joanne Lowe
January 10, 2021