Tuesday's Trust - The Things Not Seen…

Tuesday's Trust

The Things Not Seen…

"The things which are not seen."

2 Corinthians 4:18

In our Christian pilgrimage it is well, for the most part, to be looking forward. Forward lies the crown, and onward is the goal. Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring of our love, the future must, after all, be the grand object of the eye of faith. 

Looking into the future we see 

• Sin cast out, 
• The body of sin and death destroyed, 
• The soul made perfect, and fit to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light. Looking further yet, the believer's enlightened eye can see 
• Death's river passed, 
• The gloomy stream forded, and 
• The hills of light attained on which standeth the celestial City; he seeth himself 
• Enter within the pearly gates, 
• Hailed as more than conqueror, 
• Crowned by the hand of Christ, 
• Embraced in the arms of Jesus, 
• Glorified with Him, and 
• Made to sit together with him on his throne, even as He has overcome and has sat down with the Father on his throne. 
• The thought of this future may well relieve the darkness of the past and the gloom of the present. 
• The joys of Heaven will surely compensate for the sorrows of earth. Hush, hush, my doubts! death is but a narrow stream, and thou shalt soon have forded it. 
• Time, how short--eternity, how long! 
• Death, how brief--Immortality, how endless! Methinks I even now eat of Eshcol's clusters, and sip of the well which is within the gate. The road is so, so short! I shall soon be there.

"When the world my heart is rending

With its heaviest storm of care,

My glad thoughts to Heaven ascending,

Find a refuge from despair.

Faith's bright vision shall sustain me

Till life's pilgrimage is past;

Fears may vex and troubles pain me,

I shall reach my home at last."

~Charles Spurgeon 

as found in Morning and Evening January 29, Morning

~thanks to Sherri Youngward

(Some capitalizations and highlights, mine)

~Grieving Mother, Ethel Kowal
~Grieving Mother, Kathy Martibello-Stieff

via ~Death of a Loved one

~Grieving Mother, Dani MarieBernadette D'Angelo

Butterfly graphic, thanks to ~Grieving Mother, Dani MarieBernadette D'Angelo

Friday's Faith - Heaven's Highlights: Done! :o)

Friday's Faith

Heaven's Highlights:

Done! :o)

Going through old Highlights magazines,

I find the familiar scribble of my child:

Checking off pictures of seen scenes

Found one by one, she, checking, carefully filed...

Then at the top of the page, she'd marked "Done!"

And by its side, she'd drawn that familiar smile...

Which makes me wonder, does God too mark, "Done!"

In His magazine of Highlights, with a smile

When He gets back each and every one

Of His children, safely to Heav'n from earth,

Carefully observing, marking each child's work,

As each comes back to Heav'n when their task is done,

Noting, "Well Done!" when they've completed their work

and gathered back Home to their Father's smile?

He'll say,

"Well done, my faithful servant, child,

You have been faithful with a few things;

Now I will put you in charge of many things.

Come now, enter into Your Father's kingdom;

Welcome Home! Now come and share in your Father's smile!

From "Done! :o)" to "Well Done! :0)"

She enters into the joy of His smile...

Matthew 25:21(NIV):

"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant!

You have been faithful with a few things;

I will put you in charge of many things.

Come and share your master's happiness.'"

Scripture from New International Version