Waiting for “the blessed hope”
“Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.”
Psalm 90:13 NKJV
Salem Train Station
End Times
Deliberating
There are traps all over the place.
“A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;
The simple pass on and are punished.”
Proverbs 27:12 NKJV
Everybody Has A Number
You don’t need to fear death if you know Jesus Christ.
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:55 NIV
Little Ones
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 NIV
Vulture In Flight
They’re not as scary up there, but they are “eyeing” the dead and the dying.
“that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
2 Thessalonians 2:12 NKJV
An Uphill Battle
Need more patience to endure an uphill battle.
“But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.”
Luke 8:15 NKJV
Even When It Gets Harder
This truth is immutable.
“From the rising of the sun to its going down
The LORD’s name is to be praised.”
Psalm 113:3 NKJV
Song Sparrow
“Seek the Lord, all you meek of the earth,
Who have upheld His justice.
Seek righteousness, seek humility.
It may be that you will be hidden
In the day of the Lord’s anger.”
Zephaniah 2:3 NKJV
Palliative “Peace”
The only peace I can “imagine” is not the one John Lennon sang about,
but the one Jesus Christ offers.
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:27 NKJV
Related read: That Dreaded Place
Inflation
“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Psalm 12:5 NKJV