Time Is But Time. I'm Waiting For Eternity.

Greetings! It has been quite awhile since I've posted on here. As anticipated, this summer has been very busy. As Charles Dickens said "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." There has been some wonderful joyous moments in which we were able to serve and praise our Lord. And there were some sad, mournful moments in which we were able to serve and praise our Lord admist tears. And through it all, the "normalness" of life kept going on, the sun rose and set the same as always. And thankfully my God who is immutable, never changing, was there in it all, growing and changing us all for His glory. Praise be to Him!

It cannot escape my notice, through all of life's ups and downs, joys and sorrows, that my Lord is always Sovereign, with a perfect plan for His children whom He loves. Of course when it comes to thinking on time, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 is the first Scripture passage I think of. I for one am very thankful that "To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under Heaven." For in those appointed times we have the opportunity to grow in our spiritual walks.

No one can live soley on "puppy love" through out an entire marriage, the hope is that that love will grow to a deeper, more meaningful love in the years to come. The same goes for our relationship with God, I pray that it never stays where it resides now, but grows deeper in the future. A deeper, closer relationship does not come easy. Deeper love requires more self sacrifice, more dying to self to live to Christ, less desire to be served, more service given always to Him, His glory always first in our thoughts. A deeper love requires not mere words, but actions. Anything worth having is worth working for, and with the grace of our Lord, we will be purged, tried, sanctified, and grown. By His grace will we love Him more.

"I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied. He has made everything beautiful in it's time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts. Except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end." -Ecclesiastes 3:10-11 The things of this earth, the times of mourning, the times of rejoicing, they are but "times". We who are saved have a wonderful hope inside of us, knowing that we have an eternity waiting for us. Not time, eterinty! An eternity where we will be completely rid of these sins that continue to make us stumble, make us aware of how un-righteous we are apart from Christ. An eternity where we won't be focused on ourselves, our sorrows, or even our joys in earthly pursuits. No, we will have an eternity to be COMPLETELY focused on our Lord, able to give Him the glory He deserves. Able to recieve our riches and then blessed with the opportunity to cast them back down at His feet, where they belong. Oh, what a blessed eternity that will be!

As for now, I will praise Him through all of these times. For He has EVERYTHING appropiate in it's time. And with the trials and sorrows we face I can praise Him through it all, praying always to grow and glorify Him in the midst of it. James 1:2-4

We dear brothers and sisters, are running a race towards the goal, in order to win the prize. The goal being to be conformed to the image of Christ, the prize being, that we will be conformed to the image of Christ. Philippians 3:14

We must count it all joy when these things arise in our walks that will strengthen us and get us all the closer to the goal of being like Christ. I praise the Lord that to everything there is a purpose, for without His sovereignty, I would have no hope. Because of it, I may count it all joy and praise and glorify Him for these trial that grow us and bring us closer to Him, strenghten us to serve Him better.

Wield your sword, preach the Gospel unadulterated, run the race to win the prize. Win those crowns in order to have them to cast back to Him. "Rejoice evermore! Pray constantly! In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." - 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18