An Old Fashioned Sunday and Other stuff...

Sunday was very neat.

We walked into church to a different atmosphere than the norm. The blinds to the windows were opened and in each sat a kerosene lamp. The pulpit looked a little different and everyone was dressed in old fashioned attire. I don't think I've ever seen so many ladies wearing bonnets! Each woman wore a dress to her ankles with a matching apron while the guys were dressed in old suits or overalls. I truly felt like I was in a different time period. Afterwards we met downstairs for a huge feast like the Pilgrims gathering for celebration.

Some of us stayed at church all day in our old fashioned attire. Like every Sunday we went to the nursing home where we gave a short church service for the elderly there. When we returned to church we had a special time of testimonies and thanksgiving. The part I enjoyed most, however, was the evening service. We turned out all the electrical lights and had our evening service by kerosene lamp. It really felt like the old days then :)

So that was a brief summery our church's "old fashioned Sunday" event. It was great fun and I really enjoyed being able to wear my "pilgrim" dress all day. I, however, just don't know how the ladies managed wearing them 24/7 in the good old days. It amazes me that they wore those thick and long dresses out in the fields, in the hot sun, and while doing everyday chores. It really beats me how they did it.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Noticed I said "Thanksgiving" and not "Christmas." You want to know what bugs me? I find it ridiculous to walk into Wal-Mart with Christmas trees and decorations flooding the aisle when Thanksgiving is next and far down the calendar (they began this absurdity in October.) It's like they have forgotten or skipped Thanksgiving all together! My sister and a friend and I were at the mall last week and what did we hear? Christmas music. Jingle Bells and more Christmas tunes ringing from the roof tops. Not to mention Christmas lights and Christmas trees and whatnot. Come on people, can't you wait?!

Before you think me a Scrooge please know that I will be more than happy to start thinking about Christmas after Thanksgiving. But until then I think we should take one holiday at a time. People just get too hasty, don't they?

I'm looking forward to being with family tomorrow and eating all the delicious food. I am so very thankful for life. I couldn't be more thankful for God and my family. I'm so blessed!

I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Don't forget to thank the Lord for all His grace. God bless :)

Take a Walk

What do you do when you're angry, stressed or down in the dumps? I usually go for a walk. I immensely enjoy to occasionally take a stroll no matter what my mood may be. I find it relaxing and a good time to breathe and think. I love meandering down an old dirt road, hiking through the woods, or walking along the ocean's shore. I not only appreciate the exercise but it's also rejuvenating. Perhaps sometimes even romantic. Hiking, exercising or having a long conversation with a friend: I love all the aspects of taking a walk.

Going for a walk is also a lovely time to commune with God. There's been many times I've taken a walk to this certain spot on our property to dispel my heavy heart to the Lord. I'm so glad that God doesn't get tired of hearing from me. He's the only one I can count on to truly listen to my burdens and truly care about them. Not only does He listen but He's the only one that can actually fix them as well. It always makes me feel better.

I encourage you to take a break sometime from the busyness of life and go for a stroll. Talk to the Lord, take a breath of fresh air, and enjoy God's creation around you. You'd be surprised how much better you'll feel afterward.

Challenges With the Rapture in Mind

Christ is coming soon! Did you realize that there's specific things the Bible instructs us to be doing because of this glorious coming event and while we're waiting for it? They are some of the duties of the Christian life but I never viewed them in the light of the coming of Christ. I found this very interesting. Let me share....


Challenges for the rapture: specific things we are to be doing

• 1) He is to attend the services of the Lord regularly.

"...Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching." (Heb. 10:25)

• 2) He is to observe the Lord's Supper with the rapture in mind.

"For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." (1 Cor. 11:26)

• 3) He is to love believers and all men.

"And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men...to the end he may stablish your hearts...at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints." (1 Thess. 3:12-13)

• 4) He is to be patient.

"Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." (Jam. 5:8)

• 5) He is to live a separated life.

"...we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself..." (1 Jh. 3:2-3)

"...denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ." (Titus 2:12-13)

"And now, little children, abide in him, that when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming." (1 Jn. 2:28)

• 6) He is to refrain from judging others.

"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God." (1 Cor. 4:5)

• 7) He is to preach the Word.

"I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; preach the word..." (2 Tim. 4:1-2)

"Feed the flock of God...and when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away." (1 Pt. 5:2, 4)

• 8) He is to comfort the bereaved.

"For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven...wherefore comfort one another with these words." (1 Thess. 4:16, 18)

• 9) He is to win souls.

"Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire..." (Jude 21-23)

• 10) He is to be concerned with heaven.

"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory." (Col. 3:1-4)

-(Taken from Willmington's Guide to the Bible by Dr. H.L. Willmington)

Wow, I think this is amazing. These are some precious things we must remember and practice (including lots of other things!) while keeping Jesus' return in mind. May He find us faithful!

Watch This Video

I've been thinking a lot about the Rapture lately. I have studied Revelation recently in my correspondence course and we are studying prophesy at church. It's exciting!! The end times are approaching, Christ is coming for His church and He's coming soon!! 

The question is: are you ready??

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