And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
2 Samuel 6:14-15
Boy Howdy! (I read where that means “Yee Haw” in Texas.) ☺
Put your phone down and hang onto your seats saints. This is going to be a fun, uplifting email. I pray the Holy Spirit fills you with the same Heavenly liberating excitement and joy I have right now.
Ann and I were in a long line at a market the other day. We started chatting with a sweet, soft-spoken elderly woman behind us. She began sharing how different things are today from when she was young. She said disrespect and lawlessness were growing more and more. She told us the world is in a real mess. We agreed. The world is in need of someone who can straighten things out without setting of another world war.
I was thinking about that conversation this morning and I just had to smile and think about Heaven. We have so much to look forward to. End times birth pangs are everywhere.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Romans 8:18
I have Jesus (the answer to the world’s woes, the One Who’s already wiping away all of my tears) living in me, and I can’t help but tell you, the joy of the Lord is my strength. I love it! I just can’t seem to get upset or discouraged about the shape the world’s in. And, Jesus never asked me to. Instead, He commands me to look up to all that awaits us.
Yipee, big time! ☺☺☺
Encourage yourself in the Lord like David did. God is for us. Stay in the Lord, in the safe and glorious dwelling place of the Most High.
The New Jerusalem is going to measure 1363 miles square. Think on that for a moment. That’ll be a sight.
No, don’t let news get you down. Instead, look up! Rejoice! Jesus, and all of Heaven, is so near. Aren’t you incredibly thankful you have the hope of Heaven?
Look up, our redemption is drawing nearer each day. That should put a spring in our step and a smile on our face. Man oh man, I feel like David when he began shouting and dancing in the presence of the ark of God. I love getting carried away in the Lord. Praise you, Jesus! Oh Hallelujah!
Heaven…Rejoice!
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Revelation 22:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV)
They will see his face…Yee Haw!
God bless,
Mark