Future Glory…

Future Glory
18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19The creation waits in eager expectation for
The sons of God to be revealed. 20For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in
Hope 21that [I]
The creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

22We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have
The first fruits of the Spirit groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved.
But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? 25But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that
Words cannot express. 27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's
Will.”
Romans 8:18-27

Oh the inexpressible joy I feel when I dwell on the “future glory” we will receive when we meet our maker…our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! As for waiting patiently…well, I’m not always so patient. I do pray for the Lord to come quickly for I/we live in such a perverse and hurting world. My heart is broken daily as I listen to the heartaches of parents whose children who have been kidnapped, the stories of women and men who have been molested as children and are just now able to tell their stories due to living in fear and shame for decades, the diseases like cancer than ravage the bodies of friends and family, bullying that goes on in our schools, and the list goes on.

Then there is the failing economy, the war, terrorist, false religions, and worst of all, a nation …our nation who has turned her back on the very God she was founded upon.

Dear Jesus,
Come quickly but until you do, please find me faithful to share your message of hope, love, redemption, and freedom from the fear and shame this world offers. Help me be a beacon of light that shines the way to you, to peace in the midst of pain, joy in the midst of sorrow, and love and life everlasting.
IN your Holy Name I pray,
Amen