The House is Falling in!

My dog went BALISTIC when a HUGE noise rattled the house today. I was calmly sitting at my computer, my Pastor husband was at the Church office, and our daughter was out of the house. I remember thinking: IT sure sounded like the big tree in the back yard has fallen on the house, and yet I could not understand why I was not feeling or seeing any damage. As I calmly walked to the door, trying to ignore my dog who was unceasingly barking, . . . . I remembered!

The Space Shuttle was to land today, and we are quite used to the LOUD sound it makes when it breaks through the atmosphere. That is the signal for us to turn on the TV so we can watch the actual landing. I was glad I remembered what it was- always makes me feel assured when my aging brain clicks in to such vital information. My husband and I were trying to phone each other at the same time, until we finally reached each other and said " Turn on the TV". He told me how it had shaken every window, every board of the Church as he sat quietly in his office studying. It had a way of WAKING YOU UP wherever you were!

I could not help but think about the Rapture of our Lord. We KNOW Jesus is going to return, like I knew the space shuttle was to land today, and yet I was not thinking about it at the moment it occured. It happened whether I was expecting it or not. The space shuttle although not landing near us, had a way of getting our attention, got us to leave what we were doing and look to the skies.

Our Lord WILL return, and HE very well could return tonight, tomorrow or the next day. We KNOW He is going to come, but still we will all be caught off guard. But whether we are ready, or prepared - it will happen anyway - at HIS timing. HE will come and take us home if we are HIS children by faith, OR leave us sadly here, while our Loved ones who have trusted in Jesus are GONE.

I trust you are ready to go. I am!