Do you ever wonder....
how incredible it will be to see the face of Christ, the face of God... to be swept away in His arms in the divine romance of eternity?
Do you ever wonder...
how many people think you're insane, simple, weak, misguided?
Does anyone else run hard for the face of God... forsaking all else... living in the moment, but longing for the next? Does anyone else live there? Sometimes I feel as if I'm the only one who thinks like I do... completely focused on two things. One, being with my love... and Two, taking others with me. Every day... every minute... all I think, all I do... is for these things. Does that make me a pariah?
The thing I know: I can't change it. Any more than I could change my blood running red. My life's frustration: not being able to communicate effectively what God has in store for those who love HIm. The thing I don't know: the motives of another person's heart.
What I see: the dam beginning to break - the great apostacy - the great falling away. And, strangely, those who stand strong are the same who came to Jesus through the most tragic of circumstances. Their faith cannot be shaken, as mine can't. My hope: is that the body of Christ will be flooded with new life... new believers who will come to Jesus through the tragedies that lie ahead.
What I wonder:.... if the parable of the wheat and the tare is beginning to play out before our eyes. First, the tare are gathered together (the falling away), and then the wheat will be harvested. (raptured).
What I know: Though I'm pressed hard from every side, betrayed, bewildered, berated, .... His words are a fire in my bones that I couldn't contain if I wanted. They consume me. He consumes me. And all I want is more.