"Dear children, this is the last hour; and as
you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have
come. This is how we know it is the
last hour. They went out from us, but
they did not really belong to us. For if
they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going
showed that none of them belonged to us.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the
truth. I do not write to you because you
do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from
the truth. Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the
Christ. Such a man is the antichrist- he
denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father;
whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. See that what you have heard from the
beginning remains in you. If it does,
you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is, what he promised us- even eternal life." I
John 2:18-25
I'll admit it. I like to make a production of
things. I like to build up suspense for
surprises, occasions and holidays. I
work hard, and I want to celebrate hard as well. I like to give teasers to the kids. Like, "Ooh, we are going to do something
fun today. You are going to like it a
lot!" And my promo's go on and on.
That is why, you can imagine my disappointment, when after planning a
big outing for the boys, one of them said to me, "This is it? This was the surprise?" (This was said incredulously and with
disappointment.) I felt lower than a
snake's belly. What I thought to would
be a wonderful afternoon for them, bombed.
One such surprise was when I took them to see "The Nutcracker"
ballet performance as a field trip. My oldest let me know next time, he would
prefer to stay home and do his schoolwork!
Then he reminded me that they were boys!
Sometimes we build things up, but in the end, they
are not all that great. The jaw-dropping
truth of Jesus' promise to us, is just as fabulous as we can imagine and more!
He has promised- and delivered on- eternal life. We are promised eternity in heaven in the
presence of Almighty God! A place where
we will never be sick, we will never be stressed out, we will never be grieved
or disappointed. Heaven is a glorious
place and beyond our wildest imagination of its grandeur.
My grandmother suffered for years with Parkinson's
disease which left her beautiful expressive face, mask-like. But in heaven? She is whole and grinning from ear to
ear! My step-dad lost his eye as a
child, in heaven he is beholding all of the beauties of glory with perfect
vision! My great-grandmother was so
stooped over she would need a Sears catalog to see over the dashboard of the
car. But in heaven, she is standing
tall.
What Jesus has saved us from is more than we will ever comprehend, but what he has saved us
to will take an eternity to fully
take in!
Take some time today to reflect on these great and
precious promises. Eternity of joy,
peace, love and worship. A time to be
rejoined to loved ones who went on before us.
We have much to look forward to!
Dear
Lord, thank you for the promise of eternal life. Your matchless gift of salvation is beyond what
my mind can comprehend! Thank you for
loving me so much. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Sherri
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