Christ Is Coming!

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 May i learn to humble myself for i've been lost along the way so many times and He found me; i'm so glad He tapped me on my shoulder throughout my lost and fallen years.   True, the restlessness is still there.  The tendency to wander is always nearby.  Like King David, i must continue to meditate on the awesome kindness and faithfulness of the Lord.  i wait patiently the homecoming after the journey.

i am willing to come to the wedding for He has prepared the feast and all things are ready.  i am going to the wedding.  My routines and my job shall be put on hold, for i am going to this wedding, which is just around the corner, for His servants have come and invited me personally, and i'm grateful they came to invite me to this wedding.  i pray for those who don't prepare for the wedding readily.  i pray that i can continue to be worthy of this wedding.  May i be able to invite as many as i can to fill the wedding hall.  i will be of many who will be called and i pray i'll be chosen with my lamps filled with plenty of oil and i'll have on the proper attire for the wedding. - [Matthew 22: 1-14] 


i am overflowing with joy in my afflictions - [2 Corinthians 7:4] because i know better things, better days affliction-free are coming soon.  Christ is coming--the One who suffered for me.  Any pain and sorrow i experience are nothing compared to the pain and suffering He endured.  And He will make things new for all of us.  i can praise God standing, sitting, kneeling, or lying on my bed at night.  Walking or taking a morning jog.  There's no single correct posture for praising God.  i can seek the posture that fits the condition of my heart and knees.  i need to worship God in the freedom of the Holy Spirit, which includes the freedom to stand, sit, kneel, raise my hands, shout, cry, dance, or clap.  With tears and silence and whatever is the matter of the heart.

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