how long now....

when we arrive at eternity's shore
where death is just a memory and tears are no more
we'll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your Bride will come together and we'll sing
Your beautiful.

the longer i live the more i just want to be with my Savior. i read something in the book Soul Cravings a while back that was really encouraging. it was about how me and my "future husband" are being prepared for one another as i live my everyday life. im going through trials, and so is he, to be prepared for each other one day. i always loved the thought of that. you know, meeting in the middle. but today i was thinking about that and i just kind of saw it in a new light. Christ is doing the same thing with us! we are going through all these trials because he has an "end" in mind. and that is our glorious wedding ceremony when we join him in Heaven!!! when i finally saw that i wanted to be there sooo bad, but since that isnt in my hands, i just have to keep living and going through the trials that are slowly molding me into His perfect bride. and when i look at it that way, it makes the trials something to rejoice in! ive always found it hard to rejoice in trials but now i feel like that is possible. and you know, when your surrounded by people that just hate thier lives and they see you living out joy in really difficult times....that speaks volumes. let your actions do the talking, they usually make a bigger impact than anything you can say.

something to ponder on.....
*"the critical question for our generation-& for every generation-is this: if you could have heaven, with no sickness, & with all the friends you ever had on earth, & all the food you ever liked, & all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, & all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, & no human conflict or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven, if Christ was not there?"
-John Piper