Excitement

My mom is flying in to see me today.

Anyone that knows me, knows I have been talking about it, facebooking about it and doing everything I can to have the place clean and ready for my mom. I want everything to be the best it can be for when she arrives.

I was making my coffee this morning and it hit me. I talk for weeks about my mom coming and hardly mention in my daily life about Jesus, my daddy coming back. Ya know, those moments you get when you feel like you should have a certain spiritual feeling? Then the idea started to develop in my mind. Shouldn't I want to keep my heart clean and ready for Jesus? Do I tell people enough that he is coming. Am I excited about the moment when I get to run and hug Him?

I have such an aversion to "turn or burn". I think the devil uses my fear of sounding like that to shut me up. I don't like getting caught up in what color the moon is or what Nostradamus' calendar says. I just know he is coming sometime and I need to be ready and I need to tell people about it. I want to be excited about it. I want to be planning for the reunion party.

I may be way off.... I know when Jesus comes back it will be judgement time. The Bible paints a crazy picture of what that all looked like in John's dream. I see something different in all of that.

To me, Jesus coming back is a huge gesture of love. A greatly fulfilled promise. Once again, lowering himself to come and bring us with him. We don't deserve that, I don't deserve that.

Following Jesus is so much more than living right to get out of hell. It is the chance to develop a friendship with the divine God that wants nothing more than a relationship with you.

How much fun will the reunion be, if we don't really know who he is?

What would be the first thing you would say/ when you meet Jesus?

Parents, have fun with this... ask your kids what they would say/do. Maybe talk about what kind of party we will have in heaven praising God. If you have pre-schoolers, have a praise God party. Sing songs and dance!