Monday, November
27, 2017
Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls
containing the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come with me! I will show you the bride, the wife of the
Lamb.” So he took me in the
Spirit to a great, high mountain, and he showed me the holy city,
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.
It shone with the glory of God and sparkled like a precious stone—like
jasper as clear as crystal. Revelation 21:9-11(NLT)
Can you imagine moving into the New Jerusalem? It's a new home we're talking about; it’s new
in time and new in kind. It's going to
be so different; can you imagine:
· Living
without shame, guilt and sadness for past sins?
· Living
without sinful thoughts?
· Slipping
out to do good things, just because doing good feels so good?
· Living
with complete trust towards other people?
· Never
losing your temper?
The
New Jerusalem will be like that; it will be a wonderful place to live.
A
little girl was walking with her father in the country. There were no neon signs, no automobile
headlights or streetlights. It was a
crisp evening. As she looked into the
deep blue velvet sky, studded with an array of diamonds that put the most dazzling
Tiffany display to shame, she said, Daddy,
if the wrong side of heaven is so beautiful, what do you think the right
side will be like?
We
certainly have only a meager understanding of what our new home is going to be
like. But some people are willing to
settle for so little. Paul Azinger is a
professional golfer. He is a dedicated
Christian man, and some time ago he had a major struggle with lymphatic
cancer. He wrote about it, and how his
priorities have changed so dramatically,
My friend Mike got on an airplane one day and
saw one of the strangest things he had ever seen in his life. The man sitting next to him in first class was
dressed in a bathrobe and slippers. The
man's seat was a beautiful leather chair, but my friend's was simply made of
fabric. The man said to my friend. I see
you have noticed my chair. This chair is made of the finest leathers money can
buy. Then my friend noticed that
the man had a mahogany tray table. Again,
the man said, Ahh, you have noticed my
gorgeous tray table. My friend
looked up and saw that the guy had a ceiling fan. The rich man was also surrounded by a VCR, a
television set, a CD player, and a computer.
My friend was flabbergasted. He asked the rich man, why would anyone go to the expense to have all these things installed
in an airplane? The man replied
bluntly, because this is my home.
My friend thought, what a shame! A place that was intended to be a journey, he has made
his home.[2]
For You
Today
You
chew on that as you hit the Rocky Road…have a blessed day!
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