Marcia McCaslin wrote in her post:
Incidentally, something is happening in my
spirit--I am throwing
things away right and left--things that used to mean so much,
out
they go. I feel the need to get pared down to a bare minimum
of
"stuff". Perhaps, it is at The Holy Spirit's prompting. Perhaps
He
is getting me prepared....for a journey...and I will be able
to leave
my house neat, tidy, and sparsely furnished.
Me, too!! You
have just described me to a "tee" (although to look at my house, it
certainly is not COMPLETELY "clutter-free"!!) But I have just
been getting rid of "stuff" lately ~ left & right!! Off to the Goodwill
it goes, or if I think of something that someone I know might enjoy (for a
short time before taking the rapture ride with us) then it goes to them.
So what if it meant something to me at one time; just been in a "give it away"
mood.
Other (fragmented)
thoughts, so just hang on & bear with me!
I thought maybe
the rapture was a comin' today-- very weird sky here in the midwest this
afternoon & evening!! Just something feels "weird" ~ and neighbor
& I were talking about how weird our dogs have been acting, too!
(hmm.... was Gabriel "warming up" and the dogs possibly heard it??)
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised. I was comforted in thinking that
if the rapture should happen really, really soon -- then all this worldly
fretting (mostly over the lack of unrighteous green "mammon") I've been
doing lately will be a quick thing of the past!!!
Is it just me -- or
do you others feel "overwhelmed" lately -- with FAR TOO MUCH TO DO & far
little time to do it?? Does it seem like time has sped up, even
more so than usual? (not just because we try to cram too much into the
day). We are self-employed, part of our money woes, I suppose, as sometimes
being self-employed can sometimes feel like being unemployed. But alas.....
it seems like I just barely get started on the day, then it's noon -- time
for lunch. Get thru' the afternoon & it's dinner time, and time
to catch up on laundry, go to bed & start the whole process all over again.
I mean, time seems to just FLY & I often feel like I don't get "diddly
squat" done! I hate feeling so unfocused. (if we're feeling this
way now -- imagine what it will be like for people here during the trib, when
it will get dark by noon!!)
I think time standing
still will be one of THE major blessings of being in heaven!!
No more clocks, time clocks or deadlines, no having to rush here & there
& having to dodge bad drivers on the highway!
Or rushing into worship with our eyes bugged out & our tongues hanging
out.
Everything we've experienced
down here will be so worth it when we look into Jesus' eyes for the first
time!! Looking into Jesus' tender (yet very penetrating!!) eyes!!!
~ that will leave me unspeakable!! Not to mention the sound of
His voice!! ~ and to hear Him call our first names for the very first time!!
We'll all get different names in heaven, did you all know that?
I wonder will there be any "common" names -- will a whole bunch of ppl be
named, "Bob" or "John"...... or will each name be totally unique??!!
I wonder!!!
Was thinking this
afternoon that once we're standing on that cloud (probably BLINKING, silently
asking ourselves ~ okay, is this REAL??!!)...... I was just wondering what
my very FIRST THOUGHT would be & all I could think of was: "AWESOME"!!!!!!
~ the kind of take your breath away AWESOME!!!
I live in a decent
house by any standards (not a rich, wealthy one) but certainly a decent &
far more than decent considering the poverty of 3rd world countries.
Anyway, funny thing is -- people looking in from the outside may think
we've got it made -- but little do they know all the things that happen inside.
There's not a day that goes by that I'm not having to plunge toilets!!
They constantly back up. This duty makes me feel dirty.
hmm.... kind of like the world....
While it may LOOK
like a nice place to live in, it's really full of filth and vile and makes
one (who prefers to stay unspotted) feel dirty!! The world is about
to overflow with sewer water & we want out!! We watch &
pray always to be counted worthy to escape these things! (ref: Luke
21:36) We yearn to be where the river is CRYSTAL clear --
over yonder,
The River of Life
Rev. 22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of
life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
April's not over yet!
;)
Maranatha! Reva