Thursday, 19 March 2009
I'm in my fourth week of a six week stint in a sling. I've had shoulder replacement surgery. I'm counting down the days until I can be free of the sling. Pain has a way of wearing you down, testing your relationships and just plain humbling you. Just one more reminder that this planet is temporary housing just like this body. Heaven really does become something you look forward to as the years begin to add up.
I remember the day before my wedding I really hoped the Lord would not come back for at least another day or two. Now I'm praying, "come Lord Jesus, come." Not that the pain is all that bad anymore. I'm just reminded that what God has waiting for me cannot be compared to what I am experiencing here on earth. I'm glad I am becoming detached from my obsession with what the world offers. I'm ready to receive my inheritance and enter the joy of my ultimate redemption.
Easter is coming soon and this Easter will be the best yet. Jesus paid the price to give me eternal life. That is looking better each day. I love my family, CCC and my many friends. But I love Jesus more and I think He has something beyond our imagination waiting just around the corner. Growing up in church most of the songs we sang was about heaven. Why is that no longer a value to be cherished and anticipated? Let's never forget in our all endeavor to serve God here on earth, heaven is our ultimate home. Like the Apostle Paul, I'm getting a little homesick. I feel a song coming on- "Some glad morning when this life is ore, I'll fly away...."
