Anybody else find themselves living in what I call the "I wonder if this will be the last time...?" Syndrome. I would define the primary symptom as follows: When, in the process of fulfilling some repetitive event, task or milestone (often annual, but not limited to that time frame), you end up seriously contemplating the possibility that this will be the last time that particular thing will take place in your natural, earth-bound human life before we go home in the Harpazo? Example: As we observed Thanksgiving on Thursday, I could not help but wonder if this would be the last time we did so. In other words, by this time next year, we would be home at Abba's. Does this happen a lot to you? It does to me. "This could be the last time, This could be the last time, Maybe the last time, I don't know." Yup! I've been saying that about the last 5 Christmas's. Indeed, without looking back this is time the Lord gives us to release everything we are attached to, IMHO. There are many things and people that we have grown fond of, but in the end it's all about our relationship with God. About giving Daddy our whole heart. We can only anticipate seeing God and Heaven and all the things that await us there. But we need to remember that every aspect of our relationship with Him must be on His terms and not ours. He wants our whole heart! TR Watchman, too funny! You been reading my mind! I’m with TR, my family hears me say “this might be the last Thanksgiving, the last. Christmas, the last holiday season,.. I always prepare as if it is the last for everything, last time I was the car, the last time the alarm clock will go off, the last time I go to the store, it is a pretty cool way to live, looking for the last opportunities to leave a witness. I always think of what to have ready for those that raid my home as a witness for survivors, if my home makes it through the multiple catastrophic events that will occur. lots to still do as we wait... :prayer-hands: I wonder who will have the last post and the last word on RITAN?! Point is that we are aware of our dwindling days. And that is is more than a doctrinal construct, and even greater than just a hope. But rather it is an eternal truth born in the heart of God! So wonderful to be an expectant Bride! That would make anyone feel giddy! TR This morning was maybe my last bowl of hot oatmeal with blueberries. Maybe I made my bed for the final time, the house is tidy, dressed and ready to go! I read my Bible, started back in Proverbs today along with my “thru the Bible” app. I added maybe the last new verse to my memory work, I’m only up to 655 verses, but I will probably have it all from God himself in heaven,, scripture fulfilled :yahoo: I have only 1995 points to go in the memory program to reach the next level, maybe by Christmas... So many last potentials for today, last month of the year, last November is now gone, last shopping trip for groceries yesterday. Last day of community worship thru church on earth...next one with all believers from every nation. Come Lord Jesus, your bride awaits - :prayer-hands: :prayer-hands: That blessed expectancy of His trumpet blast rings true with us all. No pun intended. Alright I lied, my bad! More than simply the mundane things of life which we experience but perhaps the last time we fellowship and share the Lord and ourselves with one another. So then it is with love and blessings for you all that continue to post threads here. TR I get the phrase: "I hope it is" stuck in my head when I think about whether or not something might be my last (fill in the blank). It is to the tune of "I think I can, I think I can" and drives me bonkers. I watched an interesting video on the prophecy watchers youtube channel about biblical numbers and his guest had a take on a possible 2020 rapture... it just started the phrase running through my head again, "I hope it is, I hope it is." *sigh* I don’t mind being the little engine that could..... Or how about “I hop, I hop, it’s off to heaven I go, la, la, la, I hop, I hopeeeep ( to the tune of Hi- ho, hi- ho, it’s off to work I go))))) :mdrmdr: LOL Sis! A gentle soul is always mystified by an angry person. A righteous soul is always mystified by the unrighteous! Why we suffer evil to the extent and degree the world has since the Fall baffles us all, being without understanding. Being mystified by these things and more, we all share the hope of life eternally peaceful and loving. We all desire and long for the joy of what we have not experienced. And that joy is Heaven! Being now able to contemplate reconciliation with God, that joy is attainable. That joy is promised. That joy will quickly become a reality! So we count down the years, the months, the weeks, the days, the hours, the minutes until time is no more! Even so Lord, come quickly, Amen. TR
