Did you guys have the hail at your homes last night? After hearing the sirens, were you huddled down in your basement around your t.v wondering if there might really be a tornado? Were any of your children saying things like, "I don't want to die yet. I want to be a mommy." One moment we were all playing and having fun and the next moment we were all wondering how the rest of the evening might look. At those times when life goes from completely normal to wondering if we might be alive tomorrow (I didnt' really think that, but some of my children sure did) in a matter of seconds/minutes, I am reminded of these truths from Scripture: "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, (NORMAL) up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man." Matthew 24:36-39 or in Luke 17:26-30 "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marraige up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinkiing, buying and selling, planting and building (NORMAL). But the day Lot left Sodom , fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed." Ahhhhhhhhh......what peace is afforded the soul being right with God having believed in and received Jesus, being ready to meet him at any moment, walking with him, working for him, and "waiting for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead- Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath." 1 Thessalonians 1:10 May these Tornado watches be helpful reminders that this is not our true home and he could come at ANY moment, in the blink of an eye, life could go from completely normal to not normal AT ALL. Would you be ready to meet him? Are you at peace with God through your faith in Jesus Christ? Blessings from Bombadil.......home of a woman with a precious 5 year old daughter who still may have the opportunity to be a mommy someday "I will continue with all of you for your progress and joy in the faith, so that through my being with you again your joy in Christ Jesus will overflow on account of me." Phillipians 1:25 & 26 |