5/18/11

Blow, NOW!!!

In Real Estate, the three most important selling points are: Location, Location, Location!!!  So, whoever took this picture had to be in the right place at the right time (with a camera of course).  It does make me think of heaven and that gives me comfort, as does the following passage from the book of Thessalonians.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (WEB)

13) But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

14) For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

15) For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left to the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede those who have fallen asleep.

16) For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,

17) then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

18) Therefore comfort one another with these words.

Face it, this world can be a depressing place.  Wars, famine, greed, murder, social injustice and the like is enough to get anyone down.  Yet, Jesus gives hope, hope of something better: life after life!!  That's a pretty good thing to think about; to know that no matter how bad things are in the here and now, someday they WILL BE BETTER!!!  Not just in a general way, either.  Jesus cares for each and every one of us as this passage about the "rapture" shows.  In this world of sin that's something to blow your horn about!!!