Reverence and Awe

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This evening's reading is such an exhortation to us to be looking forward to the return of our Lord Jesus. Looking forward to that point where our adoption process is culminated, by seeing our Adopter face to face!! I can remember as a kid just after Thanksgiving looking forward to Christmas. Seems time appropriate to today's post! Sometimes it seemed agonizingly slow, for those few weeks until my parents gave those those Christmas gifts. In most cases, the gifts were already purchased, hidden in the house for awhile, then ultimately under the tree. Our adoption is not in question, we are just waiting for Him to come take us home.

As Christians we long for our ultimate Christmas gift, to see our Lord, our Savior, our Redeemer. Sometimes the process can seem slow, especially for believers who are going through persecution, or troubling times. But our exhortation today... the second "Christmas" is coming! Our Lord is coming for us. He is coming to receive His people, His adopted, His bride, His redeemed...us!

We love You Jesus...Maranatha!

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