may 21

every day is a blessing. instead of mocking those who believed that the world would end three hours ago, we should all just be thankful that the Lord has preserved us up to this time, May 21 bogus or not. :)

what the bible really says about when the world will end

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him,

That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

---2 Thessalonians 2:1-4

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

---Matthew 25:13

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.  

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.  

But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.  

Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.  

Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.

---1 Thessalonians 5:2-6

beginning in the middle

time does fly... and fast! a few weeks more and it's the middle of the year. i haven't been very diligent with my blogging this year, and that has got to change... along with a lot of other things.

just a few minutes ago, i read a blog about a day in the life of a music therapist. she wakes up at 4:40 am and works non-stop until 10 pm and happily too. it reminds me of a passage from the Spirit of Prophecy:

Many, very many, for the sake of worldly advantage, for the sake of acquiring scientific knowledge, will venture into pestilential regions, and endure hardship and privation. Where are those who are willing to do this for the sake of telling others of the Saviour? 9T, 33

i'm not saying that music therapist does what she does for worldly advantage. she is, after all, a therapist and it's quite obvious she cares for her students. but still, where are those who would exercise the same dedication and diligence for the work of the gospel?

it breaks my heart to think of the still many things i could do for the ministry if only i could get myself to work harder and focus more. but it's not too late yet, is it? it may be the middle of the year very soon, but we can always begin here. we can always start fresh and new right where we stand.

so i lay down my plans before the Lord. so He could mold them into His plans. things to be busy with, projects, productive leisure activities, brand new health habits, reading plans, attitude renovations, schedules, room for learning new things and acquiring new skills.

sounds like a new year's resolution, ayt? right smack in the middle of the year. so what? if middle's where i am, then middle's where i begin.

what are your mid-year resolutions?