A HAPPY DAY

“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 KJV

John W. Peterson wrote the beautiful inspiring hymn “Jesus Is Coming Again”.  I love these words.  “Marvelous message we bring, Glorious carol we sing, Wonderful word of the King, Jesus is coming again!”  We may have happy days but none of those days will equal our happiness when Jesus comes back for us.

One day Jesus will get the praise that He so richly deserves.  “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:10,11).

Think about it!  We are going to see Jesus, the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS face to face and we will be with Him forever.  Not only will we be with Him, we will also be with our loved ones who have died and we won’t ever have to say goodbye again.  How I long for that day.

My Mother died on Christmas Day and it broke my heart.  I wasn’t looking forward to the next Christmas, and then I realized that I could give my Mother to Jesus for a birthday present.  No, I did not want to say goodbye to my Mother.  I miss her a lot but I know she is with Jesus and she will have no more pain.  

Joanne Lowe

November 29, 2015