Waiting on Jesus
Here is a Blog to get you through the period of waiting on the return of Christ. Seriously, this is not a time waster nor an exercise in becoming Chicken Little. I have been quite busy of late (note that I - Clay - have not blogged in a couple of weeks) and that busyness has taken a toll on my spirit. I have been up to my eyeballs in mission projects, church work, birthdays, and as much as I hate to admit it...Jet Ski riding.
While on an adventure to a local lake in North Alabama I carried along one of the seven books I am trying to get through this summer. Not to bore you with the details or the title or even the author of the text, the subject matter is written in Debbie Downer mode. Not that I am a glutton for pain and suffering but I often wonder how other people cope with the trails and tragedies of life. This book covers none of the above information but it got me thinking some fairly wonderful thoughts that I will share with you then you can use them to get you through this season of life where we as believers are indeed waiting for our Lord to return.
Have you ever noticed that some people look at nature (like when they are on a lake in the summer) and take in the "beauty" of it all and bask in the glory of the God that made Creation? Simple enough. Ours is a creative God and what we see backs up what we read in Genesis. Ever visited a place as grand as the Grand Canyon and had those types of thoughts about our God? The old question goes: How can an atheist visit the Grand Canyon and not believe?
Good question but is it the right one to ask? Some see the Grand Canyon as a beauty mark. Not me. The Grand Canyon is a mark of the curse that this planet is under beginning in Genesis 3. A crack in the earth's surface a mile wide is not something for us to normally celebrate but to normally remind us that our all mighty Creator once wiped out all that was perfect on this planet with a great deluge (flood). This is not the best of all possible worlds. It is a wretched place where even a trip to the "beautiful" beach can leave you with anything from a jelly fish sting to a shark attack to a drowning in churning saltwater. You can visit the "beautiful" mountains and purchase a T-shirt if you can escape the bears, the bees, and the rocky terrain without twisting your ankle. I have even had the chance to stand on the white sands of Hawaii but do not forget that even that "paradise" is really a volcano which is nothing more than a big zit on the surface of the earth waiting to "Pop!"
Gee, Clay! Put the book down and ride the Jet Ski more. Again, the book did not cover any of these thoughts, it just pointed me in this direction. Here is the point. The best of all possible worlds is not here but it is coming and Jesus is bringing it. Think about it: if a mile wide "scar" can give us pause, what will a "new" earth look like? When we see this place, as it was under the original intent of the Creator and not under the curse, then we should really be impressed. No more animal attacks. No more out of shape bodies. No more hangnails. No more sinus problems. No more pollen. No more salt water (from the flood and not a good thing). No more landscape that belongs on the Sci-Fi Network (hills, valleys, ditches, fault lines that are a thing of beauty - they are "curse" marks). No more sunburn. No more tombstones. No more splinters. No more __________. You take it from here and keep going until He returns. See, I told you it was not a time waster.
While on an adventure to a local lake in North Alabama I carried along one of the seven books I am trying to get through this summer. Not to bore you with the details or the title or even the author of the text, the subject matter is written in Debbie Downer mode. Not that I am a glutton for pain and suffering but I often wonder how other people cope with the trails and tragedies of life. This book covers none of the above information but it got me thinking some fairly wonderful thoughts that I will share with you then you can use them to get you through this season of life where we as believers are indeed waiting for our Lord to return.
Have you ever noticed that some people look at nature (like when they are on a lake in the summer) and take in the "beauty" of it all and bask in the glory of the God that made Creation? Simple enough. Ours is a creative God and what we see backs up what we read in Genesis. Ever visited a place as grand as the Grand Canyon and had those types of thoughts about our God? The old question goes: How can an atheist visit the Grand Canyon and not believe?
Good question but is it the right one to ask? Some see the Grand Canyon as a beauty mark. Not me. The Grand Canyon is a mark of the curse that this planet is under beginning in Genesis 3. A crack in the earth's surface a mile wide is not something for us to normally celebrate but to normally remind us that our all mighty Creator once wiped out all that was perfect on this planet with a great deluge (flood). This is not the best of all possible worlds. It is a wretched place where even a trip to the "beautiful" beach can leave you with anything from a jelly fish sting to a shark attack to a drowning in churning saltwater. You can visit the "beautiful" mountains and purchase a T-shirt if you can escape the bears, the bees, and the rocky terrain without twisting your ankle. I have even had the chance to stand on the white sands of Hawaii but do not forget that even that "paradise" is really a volcano which is nothing more than a big zit on the surface of the earth waiting to "Pop!"
Gee, Clay! Put the book down and ride the Jet Ski more. Again, the book did not cover any of these thoughts, it just pointed me in this direction. Here is the point. The best of all possible worlds is not here but it is coming and Jesus is bringing it. Think about it: if a mile wide "scar" can give us pause, what will a "new" earth look like? When we see this place, as it was under the original intent of the Creator and not under the curse, then we should really be impressed. No more animal attacks. No more out of shape bodies. No more hangnails. No more sinus problems. No more pollen. No more salt water (from the flood and not a good thing). No more landscape that belongs on the Sci-Fi Network (hills, valleys, ditches, fault lines that are a thing of beauty - they are "curse" marks). No more sunburn. No more tombstones. No more splinters. No more __________. You take it from here and keep going until He returns. See, I told you it was not a time waster.
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