THIS TOO SHALL PASS!
In our neighborhood
where there was a house yesterday,
now lies a piece of land with rubble.
A piece of land
with the remnants of what was once a home.
A home
where memories were made.
A home,
that at one time was so precious to the owners.
I can just picture the faces of the first owners as they put the key in the door
and then walked through the threshold to what was theirs.
Now today
it is just a bunch of broken down pieces of wood
and
soon it will become a new home for a new family.
And the cycle continues.
I overheard a couple
commenting on how they don't remember the house that was there.
They probably have walked by it 1000 times, and don't remember it,
just as I have walked by it and I don't remember it either.
Here today, gone tomorrow.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
An Injury.
A Loss.
A Conflict.
A Trial.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
A cloudy day.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
Not only the hardships, but also the good.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 12th grade.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
10, 20 30...80 years.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
Life.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS!
But the good news is that when you
BELIEVES IN JESUS
you become "a
geless"
and will
LIVING HAPPILY EVER AFTER
beyond this world
forever and ever into eternity,
guaranteed.
This perfect ending to the perfect fairy tale
is for all of us,
when we choose
JESUS
to be the author of our story.
Keeping your eyes focused on this amazing ending,
when you are faced with the trials of life,
is how you are able to walk through this life with
THE PEACE
that transcends all understanding in the moment,
because
THE LOVE OF JESUS
transcends everything.
GOD tells us to
"...number our days aright" (Psalm 90:12).
To LIVE IN THE MOMENT.
To enjoy our blessings before us.
To get our eyes off of the trials and off of what we are waiting for
and
FIXED ON~
"...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—
if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things"
(Philippians 4:8).
Who is TRUE?
Who is NOBLE?
Who is RIGHT?
Who is PURE?
Who is LOVELY?
Who is ADMIRABLE?
Who is EXCELLENT?
Who is PRAISEWORTHY?
The ONE AND ONLY
JESUS.
This brings HAPPY TEARS to my being,
because when my mind and my heart is
FOCUSED on
JESUS,
HIS JOY
that transcends all understandings
overwhelms me,
and it is if it is only
JESUS and I,
and nothing else matters.
But because it is hard
to
re-focus when
your body aches,
or your emotions ache,
or your life aches,
or watching a loved one ache,
there is
JESUS waiting to be absorbed
into every ache and pain,
because HE gives you
that
extra dose of strength,
that extra dose of hope,
that extra dose of whatever you need
in that very MOMENT.
And why?
Because JESUS IS REAL AND SO ARE YOU!
INVITE JESUS into your MOMENT.
Are you LIVING in a GOOD MOMENT?
LIVE it with JESUS.
Are you LIVING in a NOT SO GOOD MOMENT?
LIVE it with JESUS.
For JESUS
wraps you with an
ETERNAL HOPE
that takes you beyond your
THIS TOO SHALL PASS~
"So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where GOD is making new life, not a day goes by without HIS unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow.
But the things we can’t see now will last forever" (2 Corinthians 4:16-18 MSG).
Therefore
never forget
that
"THIS TOO SHALL PASS"
(listen to the song below)
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