October 17, 2011
Have you ever driven by and picked through peoples trash on the night of bulk pick up.........you know, the stuff on the curb? It is trash pick up in Waxhaw and I have been sitting on the curb for several days and the only one who sees any value in this piece of a person was God.....yes, God always shows up!
To be honest I recently was the "Crazy Grandma" that was in mental and emotional distressed with the circumstances of this life.
My friend and I make up our own life group and meet every other Friday to share and pray. As I got to pick out our study and wanting to go cheap, I went to the used bookstore and picked up 2 books, 50 cents a piece, "The five people you meet in heaven".
It amazes me how God speaks.
My devotional for the day , sent me running to God!
Hebrews 12:1
let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2 We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.
Stanza 1:
O Lord my God,
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all
The works Thy Hand hath made,
I see the stars,
I hear the mighty thunder,
Thy pow'r throughout
The universe displayed;
Refrain:
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art!
How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul,
My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art!
How great Thou art!
As far as the"five people you will meet in heaven" that IS ANOTHER MESSAGE in it's self!
The character, Eddie is old and 45 minutes from dying. As he reflects on life there is a statement,
"He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come"
"Many times he had longed to leave this place, find different work, build another kind of life. His plans never worked out a. In time, he found himself graying and wearing looser pants and in a state of weary acceptance" (sounds like me)
The first person he meets in heaven is the "Blue man".
He reminds Eddie that " the greatest gift God can give you: to understand what happened in your life. To have it explained. It is the peace you have been searching for."
WOW!
The second person he meets in heaven is his "Captain" from the war.
"A soldier reaches a certain point and then he can't go any more. Sometimes it is in the middle of the night. A man'll just roll out of his tent and start walking, barefoot, half naked, like he's going home, like he lives just around the corner. Sometimes it's in the middle of a fight. man'll drop his gun and his eyes go blank. He's just done. He can't fight anymore and usually gets shot. (yes Lord I am listening)
"Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning."
Sooooooo cool God!
