(originally posted on 21st April 2006 )
My thoughts over the last few days have been to the weather ... How wild and wacky it seems all over the world but I've mostly noticed it in my own neck of the woods which is the United States .
During this year alone which is still relatively new , there have been more tornadoes than any other year this early combined with hail storms , floodings , mud slides etc..
The end of this past year brought horrible hurricanes and we all know what happened in new orleans and the gulf states - it seems in just a years time so much has happened - so much weather related devestation that seems unparalelled to other years that i can remember and its making me wonder what is coming next - heard on national news last night that the city of Austin Texas had hailstones the size of grapefruits ... cant even begin to imagine what that had to be like to the people who live there and all the people lately who have lost homes and loved ones in storms and tornados and floods ... such sobering thoughts at how life is so fragile and so unexpected ....
Do these things frighten me ? Yes and no . No for my own well being because I know who it is that I serve and I know I am a child of the King and i know that my immediate household are in the Lord , but i am fearful for those who havent come to a place yet where they have deeply searched for and found our Lord Jesus Christ ....
I believe that Hes close at the door and never before felt such a burden for the lost and those who are hurting and struggling like I feel in my heart now and even though i should be estatically happy that my groom is so close , I cant shake the sense of sadness for so many who do not know Him and have a relationship with Him .
I believe now is a time like no other where all believers should be reaching out in some form to those who are lost , hurting , struggling , and needing the hope that only comes from being close to God .
Hope - biblically it means blessed assurance for those who didnt know that - that is what the word that is in greek means , its assurance not something blindly wished for . The assurance that can only come from relationship . Assurance that we can get from searching His word and seeing the signs of His coming all around us - and the assurance that we can get from prayer - our communication with Him ,much needed to foster a deep loving relationship like any relationship ....
Now i think i am starting to ramble .... But i hope for so many to come to Him while its so easy to do and i hope for so many believers to edify one another and seek the lost who is struggling or searching and share the good news with them that nothing they have ever done can keep them from His forgiveness if they only want it enough to let go of what they cant do to begin with and want to be clean and new and wrapped in Him ..... Today I hope someone hears His call ....
My thoughts over the last few days have been to the weather ... How wild and wacky it seems all over the world but I've mostly noticed it in my own neck of the woods which is the United States .
During this year alone which is still relatively new , there have been more tornadoes than any other year this early combined with hail storms , floodings , mud slides etc..
The end of this past year brought horrible hurricanes and we all know what happened in new orleans and the gulf states - it seems in just a years time so much has happened - so much weather related devestation that seems unparalelled to other years that i can remember and its making me wonder what is coming next - heard on national news last night that the city of Austin Texas had hailstones the size of grapefruits ... cant even begin to imagine what that had to be like to the people who live there and all the people lately who have lost homes and loved ones in storms and tornados and floods ... such sobering thoughts at how life is so fragile and so unexpected ....
Do these things frighten me ? Yes and no . No for my own well being because I know who it is that I serve and I know I am a child of the King and i know that my immediate household are in the Lord , but i am fearful for those who havent come to a place yet where they have deeply searched for and found our Lord Jesus Christ ....
I believe that Hes close at the door and never before felt such a burden for the lost and those who are hurting and struggling like I feel in my heart now and even though i should be estatically happy that my groom is so close , I cant shake the sense of sadness for so many who do not know Him and have a relationship with Him .
I believe now is a time like no other where all believers should be reaching out in some form to those who are lost , hurting , struggling , and needing the hope that only comes from being close to God .
Hope - biblically it means blessed assurance for those who didnt know that - that is what the word that is in greek means , its assurance not something blindly wished for . The assurance that can only come from relationship . Assurance that we can get from searching His word and seeing the signs of His coming all around us - and the assurance that we can get from prayer - our communication with Him ,much needed to foster a deep loving relationship like any relationship ....
Now i think i am starting to ramble .... But i hope for so many to come to Him while its so easy to do and i hope for so many believers to edify one another and seek the lost who is struggling or searching and share the good news with them that nothing they have ever done can keep them from His forgiveness if they only want it enough to let go of what they cant do to begin with and want to be clean and new and wrapped in Him ..... Today I hope someone hears His call ....
