Skywatch Friday

The combination of clouds and vapor trails from commercial jets formed a cross in the sky one day.  I was reminded that there will come a day when the One who died on a cross for us will come again.  In fact, the Bible tells us that, "The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God."  And the dead in Christ will rise first.  The we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the cloud to meet the Lord in the air.  And thus we shall always be with the Lord." (I Thessalonians 4:16-17)  We are all going to spend eternity somewhere.  Those who have acknowledged that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God and we are all sinners in need of a Savior, asked Christ to forgive them of their sin and invited Him into their life, will "always be with the Lord."  Those who refuse to believe that Christ is the Savior and refuse the gift of eternal life will suffer a different fate.  The Bible tells us that "...Death and Hades delivered up the dead who weree in them.  And they were judged each one according to his works.  Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire.  This is the second death.  And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire."  We are all going to die once.  Those who have been born again, spiritually, will live forever with the Lord.  Those who refuse God's offer, will die a second, spiritual death and spend eternity in the lake of fire.  The choice is ours to make.   For the believer, the day that the Lord comes will be a Glorious Day and the first of an eternity of Unclouded Days.  We just have to realize that there is No God Like Jehovah.  Have a blessed week-end.


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Sky High Skywatch

I was flying home from Miami Beach this week.  Just a few minutes before we landed, the plane flew through this cloud formation.  It is the first time that I have actually had my pocket camera handy.  It won't be the last time though.

Times like this remind me just how great God really is and how small I am.  I cannot begin to wrap my head around all that God is or why He does the things that He does.  I rest in the comfort of knowing that when I don't understand why bad things happen to good people, God has already told me, "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways     For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9).  We should not expect to understand or know the reason why everything happens.  We simply need to know, nothing happens that is a surprise to our Creator.  Although I love these clouds, there will come a day when all is clear.  That will be an unclouded day.  Have a wonderful week-end.

When the world give you a hundred reasons to cry, show the world that you have a thousand reasons to smile.

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Just Passing Through

It had be overcast, misting and raining all day long.  Then around 4:00 p.m. the cold front finally moved through the area and brought the promise of clearer skies the following day.  This is the end of the day, sometime around 6:00 p.m.

Weather patterns come and go.  Here in the Southeast and Southwest, people will tell you, if you don't like this weather, just wait a couple of hours, It'll change again.  A couple of weeks ago we had 24" of snow on the ground.  A week later, it was 70 degrees and no snow to be found anywhere.  While we were distraught over the snow, our discomfort with the weather was only temporary.  Our journey through life is much the same as the weather.  This earth is our temporary home and we are destined to spend some of our days in sorrow.  Some of us will spend most of our lives in less than ideal conditions.  Many of us will have little control over some of our circumstances.  However, where we spend eternity is our choice.  For those who have called on the name of Jesus, there is a glorious home awaiting them.  Regardless of how life treats us, and how much discomfort we are asked to bear here, in this life, there is a home in Glory waiting for us.  And, just like the 24" of snow,  we will forget all about our temporary discomfort in this life when we rise to meet our Savior.  In an instant I will be in a place of Unclouded Days.  Enjoy.  Have a blessed week-end.