Waiting for “the blessed hope”
“Return, O LORD!
How long?
And have compassion on Your servants.”
Psalm 90:13 NKJV
Salem Train Station
Salvation
Flat Tire
This can happen to anyone when they least expect it,
and sometimes even when everything else is going wrong.
“But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in the time of trouble.”
Psalm 37:39 NKJV
Sunflower Seedling
“Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
John 3:5-6 NKJV
U-Turn
Some will be turned on and some will unfortunately burn out.
“Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
John 8:12 NKJV
Related read: U-Turn
Chinese & Canada Geese
“I was sought by those who did not ask for Me;
I was found by those who did not seek Me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’
To a nation that was not called by My name.”
Isaiah 65:1 NKJV
Afterlife
Thank God you’re not a dino.
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;”
John 11:25 NIV
Funnel Cloud
“But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life. 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die.”
Ezekiel 18:27-28 NIV
Related read: Before The Storm Comes | Perspective
Woodpecker
Consulting mediums and familiar spirits unleashes the demonic torment.
Replace the tormenting thoughts with praise music.
“Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
15 Saul’s attendants said to him, “See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.”
17 So Saul said to his attendants, “Find someone who plays well and bring him to me.”
1 Samuel 16:14-17 NIV
Mental Chains
“Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the plans of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,
and broke away their chains.”
Psalm 107:10-14 NIV
A New Walk
“And you were dead in your offenses and sins, 2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. 4But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our wrongdoings, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),”
Ephesians 2:1-5 NASB