The sunrise this morning was spectacular! The oranges, yellows, purples, pinks, blues of the clouds lighting the sky appeared just minutes before the sun came up. It was as if they were announcing the arrival of the sun. Then the sun appeared. When it was half way up the horizon, all the clouds turned a luminescent white. Amazing.
I am studying Daniel by Beth Moore. I laid the book down about a year and a half ago because it scared me. Fainthearted by nature, I could not get myself to read about the end of the earth. I guess I felt that I know how it ends- God's side wins - what more do I need to know? But I picked it up again after my husband challenged me to complete the book with him. Can't give in to a challenge.
God is teaching me so much. I am still not sure if I am an Amillennialist or a Premillenialist. Beth Moore repeatedly encourages you to search other commentaries and talk to others. But in the end I just am not sure it's so important to know. But...it is important to be ready, not to stick your head into the sand ( I know that's what I was doing), and to live for Him. He is coming back, Hallelujah, Amen!
God is teaching me so much. I am still not sure if I am an Amillennialist or a Premillenialist. Beth Moore repeatedly encourages you to search other commentaries and talk to others. But in the end I just am not sure it's so important to know. But...it is important to be ready, not to stick your head into the sand ( I know that's what I was doing), and to live for Him. He is coming back, Hallelujah, Amen!
Daniel prophecies (Questioning if this is the right word to use?) many signs of the end times. Many of the signs are seen in the headlines of the news. Does that mean that we are in the end of times? No one knows, not even the Son, only God the Father knows the exact time. I have comfort in that. I don't have to worry about it any longer. I can rest assured that God is in control and I don't have to be!
Thus the sunrise this morning. I have a thing for sunrises. The early morning sky changed with the colors clashing together just like the end of times will have clashing. But.....The Son will come and Believers will be changed - just like the clouds - illuminating, dazzling, white, from the Son.
Oh, what a glorious day that will be!
"Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
'Now have come the salvation and the power and
the kingdom of our God
the kingdom of our God
and the authority of his Christ.
For the accuser of our brothers,
who accuses them before our God day and night,
has been hurled down. They overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death. Therefore rejoice, you heavens
and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury,
because he knows that his time is short.'"
Revelation 12:10-12
So REJOICE like the heavens - God wins!
Revelation 12:10-12
So REJOICE like the heavens - God wins!
(PS. Lord, thank you for the sunrise this morning - I think it was
just for me.)
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yes here where we had a beautiful am finally in montana... i got up and looked at my flat coat retriever , threw off the covers and said "another day the L-rd has made"... and then I sang a praise song to the horses as i was rounding 'em up this morning
shalom
gp
Wow! What an incredible piece Steph! I love this last part, too:
"PS. Lord, thank you for the sunrise this morning - I think it was just for me.)"
I have to agree with you, Steph. I think it was a gift for you.
Missing you, girl. Would love to have some time with you over coffee. Maybe we can get together this summer.
Sunrises are beautiful just like the Son rising in our lives.
Steph - it was beautiful yesterday - I have a better view of sunsets at my house than sunrises, but the pink sky did catch my attention and I had to check it out.
I have peace because I know where I'm going when Jesus returns; but your post today makes me realize I need to pray more fervently for those who don't know, or maybe even care. Thanks for "challenging: me.
Rejoice, I say, rejoice! Yes, that sunrise was amazing...we saw it, too!
Praying more and more, if the end is near, that we will do all we can to be sure that we have done all we can to bring others along with us!
Hello. I found your blog via Getting Down with Jesus and thought I'd say what a gorgeous picture you took!!! Wow...just like our Daddy to display His beauty for our pleasure.
And, I, too, have twin ten yr. old boys that want a job...like doing college students laundry, or raising chickens for eggs again, but only with two chickens!
Aren't they fun?
Have a great day.
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