The Harried Here and Now

It's easy to do.  I admit it.

Easy to get caught up in the here and now.

Easy to forget that this is not our Home.

The Lord is gracious to send us trials to wean us 

little by little from this world.
To cause us to cling to Him more closely.
And rely on Him more deeply.

To make us long for Heaven more.

"...having lost sight of the "sweet by and by", too many Christians

busy themselves with the harried here and now,

and they themselves are consumed by consumable things."

"Because the church doesn't really have heaven on its mind,

Christians tend to be self-indulgent, self-centered, weak and materialistic.

Our present comforts consume too much of our thoughts, and it we're not careful, 

we end up entertaining wrong fantasies about heaven --

or thinking very little of heaven at all.

No Christian should ever fall into that trap."

Quoted from "The Glory of Heaven" by John MacArthur, page 65.

We are reading as much as we can on Heaven these days.
Since our precious Austin was called Home ~
 we find ourselves wanting to know more about where he is.
We are seeking to be careful to choose books from reliable sources, of course.
There has been much written on Heaven that is not Biblical at all.
The Bible must be our basis for formulating ideas about the eternal.

This book, among others, has been a great encouragement to our hearts.
Truly, if we are the Lord's, then Heaven is our Home.  
We are just sojourning here as long as our Lord deems best.
For as long as He desires to use us here.

Until He calls us there.

How precious it is to rest in His perfect plan.
How precious to know that our times really are in His hands.
May we live for His glory each and every day.
May we be used to promote His Kingdom and serve Him.

By His grace and in His strength.
Moment by moment.  Day by day.
As long as He gives us breath.

With love,
Camille

**Photo in this post courtesy of our Calvin ~
Thank you my love!  XO