1 Thessalonians 4:14 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
This verse embodies all of my Hope, all of my Desires, all of my Dreams, and all of my Loss. For without this one small verse we have no hope. Nothing this world 🌎 can offer me, show me, sell me, or entice me with can bring me what this simple Truth can. The older I get, the more I despise the things of this world. The attraction it once had escapes me. For this is only temporal and I long for the things Paul spoke of in his Epistles that are Eternal. Things of this world has be replaced constantly. I have to constantly breathe,eat, drink, sleep, and exercise. Not by choice but by necessity. I’m always trying to fill myself with the desires of this life. It always leaves longing for more. I become thirsty, sleepy, hungry, sleepy once again. I long for the day when I see as I am seen by God. Eternal. I long for my loved ones. To see my son, dad, brother again. This verse tells me they are bringing them back to me. God is allowing His Son to bring my son back to me. Jesus will personally bring him back to me. And all my Hope rest in this because God rose His son from the dead. And He promises to raise mine. And He promises to raise your husband, your wife, your mother, your sister, your daughter, your son, your grandchild, your uncle, your aunt, your stepdad, your stepmom, your cousin, your classmate, your friend……we build upon the Living Hope, the Invisible God, the Friend to the Friendless, President of Presidents, Maker of Me, Lover of My Soul, the One who hears my heart’s cry, the only One Worthy to open the scroll- our Only Hope, the Gentle Lamb, the Lion of Judah, the Lily of the Valley, the Creator of Heaven and Earth, the Balm of Gilead, the Healer of Nations, the Prince of Peace, the Peacemaker, the Ultimate Counselor, the Comforter, the Only One Who Can Make All Things New, the Destroyer of Death and Hell, the Reliever of Pain and Suffering, and the Shoulder I Cry On Who Wipes Away My 😭 Tears………..Amen. Let it be so. Come soon Lord Jesus and bring our Treasure back to us. Our treasure- our love ones- oh they like You Sweet Jesus is the Treasure Hidden Away in You…..
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