Encouragement

The following vision excerpt from John the Revelator below:

Rev. 15
1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished.
2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God.
3 And they sang

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I was Reading the magazine headlines while standing in line at the grocers...ever notice how every week or every month these rich and famous people seem to have some new wonderful thing that turns into some new drama the following week? They have money, power, and beauty or at least access to a good plastic surgeon, and can buy beauty if need be. Purchasing for themselves every new gadget out there, all the name brands, even have clothes designed especially for themselves. They travel the world ...

In response to the Blog.
"You have something to say"

Tell me a Story.

you must think to your self
who does he think he is to ask
me to tell him a story!
Well last week a young person
came to see my Wife and I. and
the person and myself were sitting
in the garden, and the words came
to me "tell me a story" so I
asked the young person and
the response was stuttering, then
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I thank God for the brothers and sisters He puts in my life to remind me how precious our walk with Christ really is. A lovely sister shared this with me today and it just blessed my heart. I hope it will YOURS too.

Burdens

"Why was my burden so heavy?" I slammed the bedroom door and leaned against it. Is there no rest from this life? I wondered. I stumbled to my bed and dropped onto it, pressing my pillow around my ears to shut out the noise of my existence. ...

Recently, I have been thinking about the eschatological implications of Death, Time, and Immortality. Three global dialectics came to the fore, and I provide them below for our collective consideration:

1) DEATH, TIME, and MORTALITY go together.

How do we know this? Well, here's what Paul wrote on it (which I'm sure we all know already):

Romans 6
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ

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