I feel the same about my wife...
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I feel the same about my wife. I would love to be with the Lord, but for her sake I want to stay a bit longer. We both feel that way. I also want to remain for the sake of our children, a couple of whom have not accepted the Lord yet. I want to live an exemplary life to encourage them to turn around like I turned around for my folks.
As a missionary to Nepal I also want to remain to help them, but at 87 I don't think I have too much more time, so I am trying to find some friends to whom I can turn over these tasks.
The older we get, the more we are ready to be with the Lord.
Christ can be our example. He only stayed long enough to accomplish what his Father had sent him to do. As he looked forward (?) to his cross he hoped it might pass from him, but he was willing to stay on to complete his purpose on earth. While we may not have a cross to bear for our Lord, we still may have some troubles we would like to leave behind and escape to God's presence.
We must look at our lives and see if we are doing what Christ has sent us to do. We all have a purpose, but is his purpose for us our main goal in life? Are you examining your life to see if you are fulfilling God's purpose for you? He has not called all to be pastors, but we are all part of his body and we must look for why he has brought us into this world. Why are we here?
As Paul looked back over his life he never regretted the job he was given to do, which was sometimes dangerous though sometimes fulfilling.
If the Lord were to call you home now, would you feel that you had served him? Would he have been first in your life?
Every day people are dying in accidents or because of illness. But we like to think that we have plenty of time.
My folks died on the way home from my ordination, but a lady who sat next to my mother at the service heard my mother say, "Now my prayers have been answered! Now my son is doing what I hoped he would do all my life." I hope I can say that about my kids before the Lord takes me.
Isn't it curious that we do everything in our power to extend life? Why are we not like Paul accepting whatever God wants not what we may want? Let him decide when our time is up. In the meantime, let us live as an example to our family and friends and those we meet! Help them to see Christ in us!
As a missionary to Nepal I also want to remain to help them, but at 87 I don't think I have too much more time, so I am trying to find some friends to whom I can turn over these tasks.
The older we get, the more we are ready to be with the Lord.
Christ can be our example. He only stayed long enough to accomplish what his Father had sent him to do. As he looked forward (?) to his cross he hoped it might pass from him, but he was willing to stay on to complete his purpose on earth. While we may not have a cross to bear for our Lord, we still may have some troubles we would like to leave behind and escape to God's presence.
We must look at our lives and see if we are doing what Christ has sent us to do. We all have a purpose, but is his purpose for us our main goal in life? Are you examining your life to see if you are fulfilling God's purpose for you? He has not called all to be pastors, but we are all part of his body and we must look for why he has brought us into this world. Why are we here?
As Paul looked back over his life he never regretted the job he was given to do, which was sometimes dangerous though sometimes fulfilling.
If the Lord were to call you home now, would you feel that you had served him? Would he have been first in your life?
Every day people are dying in accidents or because of illness. But we like to think that we have plenty of time.
My folks died on the way home from my ordination, but a lady who sat next to my mother at the service heard my mother say, "Now my prayers have been answered! Now my son is doing what I hoped he would do all my life." I hope I can say that about my kids before the Lord takes me.
Isn't it curious that we do everything in our power to extend life? Why are we not like Paul accepting whatever God wants not what we may want? Let him decide when our time is up. In the meantime, let us live as an example to our family and friends and those we meet! Help them to see Christ in us!
