Thursday, September 8, 2016

15 Years Ago!

15 Years ago today we moved into our home on the hill, it feels like only a mere year ago to me. Soon after that, a short three days later our nation was attacked by Islam, on 9/11.

This life is a vapor, here and gone quickly. It may not seem like it to those who are young, but as we get older, it is really true, that time seems to pass more quickly.

It is best to live each day to serve the Lord, forget about the past and carry on toward holiness. Playing and entertainment has only as much happiness associated with it during the time we are indulging. After it is over, the memory and feelings pass quickly and the playing has to begin again to revive those senses.

However, the joy of the Lord never leaves, contentment in blessing our Lord is something that lasts, never dissipating but rather increasing as we remember His Word, His ways and His purposes. There is great joy daily in knowing to Whom we belong and what is coming for us.

We have far more to look forward to in the future when the Lord will come for His bride, than any pleasure, half forgotten, that remains in the past.

James 4:13-15
"13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” 14 You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15 Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”…"

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