A Place Prepared

John 14:1-3  “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.  There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.  If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?  When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

Revelation 4:3-7   I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”  And the one sitting on the throne said, “Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.”  And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life. All who are victorious will inherit all these blessings, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-18  We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves.  Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.  So encourage each other with these words.    


These are some of my favorite verses and they made their appearance in today's sermon at my church.  They are the verses that give us hope for the future, for eternity.  When all around us in this world seems  crazy dark, they are the light at the end of our tunnel, the reason we continue to put one foot in front of the other.  This world and it's problems, and it's priorities will fade away, but we have for ourselves  "treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal."  Matthew 6:20.  Our place there, in the presence of our awesome God and Savior is forever.

Stay the course.  Keep the faith. Never give up to the despair  that life on this planet can sometimes brings.  No matter what happens, God is on the throne and as the song says, "His heart is kind."