WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE!
Another long journey, more reunions and more "good byes."We just returned from my home town, visiting with family and classmates in my 55th class reunion. I wonder where the years have gone. Most of us started kindergarten together in our small town and now we are seniors. There is no upper class or lower class, we are all one together now, and those reunions were sweet, recalling old memories. Several of those classmates have passed since our 50th, and I wonder how many of us will go on to eternity in the next five years.And I think of these last five years, and three of our loved ones have gone home to Jesus in that time.
And spending time with my dear sisters and a special cousin was especially sweet, and again the goodbyes are so hard.
And I think about these things in the midst of uncertainty in my own life, although I know who wins here, and even though I could get discouraged and want to give up the fight, I will walk on with my Lord leading and guiding me though this latest trial, because I know a greater reunion is coming, one where will never have to say goodbye and watch our loved ones drive away or fly away and no final goodbye hugs with tears.
Someday soon we will meet our Lord in the air for that glorious reunion up there in the clouds and with all those dear saints gathered with us, and what a day that will be! Some of us will go on ahead before then, but we will all meet together with our Precious Lord! Praise His Holy Name!
So many special memories in this trip, but the main highlight to me was the big Sunday Service in a big tent where many churches came together in worship. How can one explain hundreds of people, different fellowships, with hands raised and singing "How Great Thou Art." I will never forget the memory and the feeling that that was just a little tiny taste of what it will be like when all His saints will gather together in joyful songs of worship, and He will be there, our eyes will behold Him at last! All pain, sorrow and partings will be gone. Oh, I can hardly wait for that day. How about you? Are you looking up and anticipating the greater reunion coming? What a day that will be!
WHAT A DAY THAT WILL BE!
"There is coming a day when no heartaches shall come, no more clouds in the sky, no more tears to dim the eye; all is peace forevermore on that happy golden shore, what a day glorious day that will be.
Chorus: What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see, and I look upon His face, the One who saved me by His grace; when He takes me by the hand, and leads me through the Promised Land, what a day, glorious day that will be.
There'll be no sorrow there, no more burdens to bear, no more sickness, no pain, no more parting over there; and forever I will be with the One who died for me, what a day glorious day that will be." (James Hill).
Blessings, in Jesus' Name,
Pastor Sharon
