All the more as we see that day approaching, and we are! Our hope is magnified and our faith is enhanced! Though we lack the knowledge of the day and hour my gaze is fixed upward! Expectations mount on a daily basis! My unbridled joy is yet thwarted by evil in this realm, but new realms await with glories unimaginable! I shall forever be eternal grateful for what the Lord shall bless me with, but am also blessed with the knowledge that Heaven will be shared by so many others as well! See you all there! Still hopeful for Oct 17th! TR Not sure if I'm the only one (probably am) but it seems like things have lost their fever pitch the past week or so -- and then I'm reminded of the stories in Tampa with the hurricane. Reports were that before the hurricane struck - Tampa Bay emptied out. Are we in a phase where there is a gradual emptying out of all the frenzy right before the storm strikes? Todd, hubby is a sub organist and we fill in at many churches, 10 so far this year. I usually count members attending, for giggles. Early services that had 50+ pre covid are only 30-35 now and main family services that had 100-150 are now 75ish. 2 main churches we follow online as well as in person only have 4 children - pastors + elders children. My thoughts are the elderly are staying home or dying and the families watch video services. But you can really feel the lack of energy in the churches. But there are exceptions, my son's church had a children's service today with about 60+ kids and teachers singing, Joshua and Battle of Jericho, and other songs. It made me hopeful. It is the 17th in Jerusalem and I'm watching the nice blue sky here in Myrtle Beach, SC ! Lee, Does Friendship Baptist Church - 608 6th Avenue S Myrtle Beach sound familiar to you? We used to attend there often while on vacation. The original pastor passed on (he got cancer from the agent orange they sprayed when he served in Vietnam) so I’m not familiar with the new pastor they have listed. There were a few other churches we attended but I forget their names. Yes, 'all the more' . . .our hearts and spirts by given faith long to embrace eternity with Jesus, where He is . . our Jesus makes the Way our blessed assurance ever so real here on earth, our Father guiding us truly soon to experience the catching away above . . :flyup: ~ ~ "Since love cannot desire for its object anything less than the fullest possible measure of enjoyment for the longest possible time, it is virtually beyond our power to conceive of a future as consistently delightful as that which Christ is preparing for us." . . ~~ A. W. Tozier ~~
