Author: Faith

“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?”-Isaiah 53-1 KJV

One day the Homeless and Suffering will cross the bridge to Heaven too.

Seen while Praying the Rosary: Many homeless crossing the bridge into Heaven. Happy at last 🙂

Remember: Jesus is the Bridge, and Jesus is free and available to all 🙂

Soldiers go home, and Thank God that they do! So selfless and brave, many have already given so much! After all, what better gift can we give then to lay down our lives for one another!

Seen while Praying the Rosary: Last night, I saw five soldiers go home. Arms slung around each other’s shoulders, helmets still on, they appeared so very, very happy :).

No matter how long the day, God is with us, and He loves us. Weary no more, any pain we felt on earth will simply disappear in the Light of Heaven 🙂

¹⁵ “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), ¹⁶ “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. ¹⁸ And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. ¹⁹ But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ²⁰ And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. ²² And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the ^[c]elect’s sake those days will be shortened. – Matthew 24:15-22

Just reading this makes me feel tired. I know that there are many of us who are already tired living in our current world, the time of the “Great Tribulation” seems like more than we can handle!

But there are a few things we should remember. First, many Christians do not think we will be here. Many believe that we will be “raptured” before the “Great Tribulation and not be on earth during this time. One thing to remember though, is the theory of pre-trib rapture is relatively recent. Many Christians believe in “Mid-Rapture”. In other words, we will suffer some, but not the worst of it. And some Christians believe that we will not be “raptured” until after the “Great Tribulation”, and so will be here for all of it. This is often referred to as “Post-Trib”.

But regardless as to which theory we believe in, God will still answer prayers and He will still help us. We will not be forgotten, because God loves us . We will never walk our road alone:)

“Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for ^[a]all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. ⁷ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, ^[b]pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.

⁹ “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. ¹⁰ And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. ¹¹ Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. ¹² And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. ¹³ But he who endures to the end shall be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. ” – Matthew 24:1-12

Because Jesus loved us so and knew that, despite our faith, we would worry about the future, He shared with us the signs that we should look for as signs that the “End of the Age” is coming. Jesus is also very clear in a later passage that ONLY the Father knows when that will be.

But that some of the signs exist in our world can also not be ignored. Will the End come soon? Will it be many years from now? We don’t know. But we do know this, many of the signs are here now.

So what do we do? We do what we have always done. We pray. We repent. We love God and we love each other. And we read and follow the Bible, God’s roadmap for our lives :).

We reach out to others who don’t believe yet and give them every chance to accept Jesus as their Savior. And as we reach out, we remember that while our faith is ours’ to share, it is the Holy Spirit’s to convince 🙂

While Praying The Rosary, I saw a skyscraper and what looked like a small, plastic-covered greenhouse or food store all in the same image, on a cloudy day. A light blinked in the distance. It wasn’t the sun.

While Praying The Rosary, I saw children crossing over a bridge to be greeted by Jesus and Mary. The line of children waiting to cross the bridge went on as long as the eye could see. They were laughing and talking to each other.

Clearly safe and happy 🙂

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.  For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,  I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.”-Matthew 25:34-36

So often we wonder, what can we do to thank God who has done so much for us? This verse gives us so many ideas. We can feed the hungry and thirsty. Reach out to those in prison. Give clothing to those in need.

Jesus said, “the poor you will always have with you”. And we will. We can thank Jesus every time we reach out to help them 🙂