TWO VERY DIFFERENT SUNSETS

APRIL 21, 2019

EASTER WEEKEND IS COMING TO A CLOSE AS I SIT IN ARIZONA ENJOYING ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. TODAY WAS A DAY OF JOY AND CELEBRATION, CELEBRATING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS, AND ALL THAT IT MEANS IN MY LIFE. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT I HAVE FAITH !!! WATCHING THE WORLD REVOLVE AROUND ME AND HOW FULL IT IS OF SO MANY THAT DON’T KNOW GOD, AND JUST MOVE THROUGH EACH DAY COUNTING ON THEMSELVES, AND SOMEDAY FACING WHAT WILL BE SUCH A FINALITY OF LIFE…..DEATH ITSELF….. I FEEL SO STRONG IN THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE, AND THE ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE PURPOSE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME IN SHARING THE MESSAGE OF HIS SON. I FEEL SO ALIVE !

THE SUNSET HERE ON FRIDAY WAS FOR ME MUCH DIFFERENT THAN TONIGHT. AS I SAT WATCHING IT, I COULDN’T HELP FEELING SO SOLEMN AND SAD FOR WHAT JESUS HAD TO GO THROUGH. NONE OF US WILL EVER HAVE TO KNOW THE PAIN AND LONELINESS AND SUFFERING HE ENDURED, BECAUSE HE ENDURED IT ALL FOR US. I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT THE MEN AND WOMEN WITH WHOM HE LIVED AND SHARED HIS LIFE MUST HAVE FELT. CLINGING TO THE HOPE THAT HE WAS WHO HE SAID HE WAS. PRAYING HOPEFULLY THAT HE WAS REAL. PRAYING THAT HE WAS TRULY THE SON OF GOD, AND THEIR MESSIAH. MERE MORTAL MEN AND WOMEN, STRUGGLING WITH DOUBT AND FEAR, WHILE PROMISE AND HOPE BATTLED WITH COMMON SENSE AND LOGIC, AND THE WORLD SHOUTING YOU ARE FOOLS. AND THE THING IS, THEY HAD TO RELY ON THEIR FAITH, BUT THEY HAD SEEN HIM, TALKED WITH HIM, LISTENED TO HIS TEACHING, AND EMBRACED HIM IN A PHYSICAL FORM…..AND THEY WATCHED HIM BE CRUCIFIED, AND THEY WATCHED HIM DIE.

I LONG FOR THE DAY WHEN I CAN TALK TO JESUS, EMBRACE HIM AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR IN A PHYSICAL SENSE, AND HEAR ALL HE HAS TO SAY TO ME AND OTHERS ABOUT ALL THE THINGS WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT. THE THINGS THAT WILL REMAIN A MYSTERY UNTIL THAT TIME…..BUT THE BEAUTY FOR ME, IS THAT I HEAR HIS VOICE, JUST LIKE THOSE WHO WERE PHYSICALLY WITH HIM, WHEN I STOP, LISTEN, AND PRAY TO HIM. WHEN I MEDITATE ON HIS WORD, I HEAR HIS VOICE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS SAYING. AND MOST OF ALL, WHEN I LOOK AT THE BEAUTY OF THIS SUNSET TONIGHT, I FEEL HIS EMBRACE OF LOVE FOR ME. HE DIED AND THEN HE AROSE FOR ME…..AND FOR YOU ALSO !

YESHUA, JESUS, MESSIAH, LORD, MY SAVIOR, REDEEMER, COUNSELOR, GUIDE, MY EVERYTHING ! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, MY BLESSINGS, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, MY LIFE ! THANK YOU FOR THE PROMISE OF WHAT IS TO COME….LIFE ETERNAL WITH YOU…..AND WHEN MY TIME TO LEAVE THIS EARTHLY LIFE COMES, I WILL BE READY, BECAUSE OF THE SURENESS THAT YOU ARE THERE ! AND I MARVEL, THINKING THAT HE WILL COME AGAIN, JUST AS HE LEFT. ONLY GOD THE FATHER KNOWS THAT TIME AND MOMENT, AND WHETHER I AM STILL ALIVE, OR I HAVE GONE HOME TO HIM, I TRULY DON’T KNOW. BUT THIS I DO KNOW…..THE SUNSET ON THAT DAY AS IT COMES TO A CLOSE WILL BE…. BEYOND SPECTACULAR. PRAISE GOD, AND BLESSINGS TO ALL. HAPPY EASTER :) JA

THEREFORE YOU MUST BE READY, FOR THE SON OF MAN IS COMING AT AN HOUR YOU DO NOT EXPECT. Matthew 24:44

LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. BELIEVE IN GOD; BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE THERE ARE MANY ROOMS. IF IT WERE NOT SO, WOULD I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU? AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND WILL TAKE YOU TO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM YOU MAY BE ALSO. John 14:1-3