The beauty in a moment of realization is a very precious thing to be treasured. We don't pause often enough to savor a moment of peace, of gratitude, of love. They say to treasure what you have, that you don't know how long you'll have it. They say not to take things for granted, you don't know when they'll be gone. They- whoever they are- the wise ol' people who live just to say wise tidbits I suppose- have a lot to say about life. I see memes galore recently from many 'pages I might like' giving me sage advice about life. We all know once we post something pertinent to pages their little hidden bot thingees are there to grab up the knowledge and get you into their ginormous databases just to be able to slap you in the face with their pages they want you to like- over and over again until you post something that yet another bot spy finds more relevant and they replace the old slaps with new fresh ones that are eager to draw you in, just for a click on their page- of course they always want more than a single click.
Ah, I digress terribly. Those truly wise sayings about life being very precious aren't bad things at all. We need to be reminded of it and often because the world we live in wants us to focus more on WORK, more on PLAY, more on SELF AWARENESS. Now, you might be saying that self-awareness is a good thing to focus on but you know what? It's not, not really- not to the point the only thing you are really focused on is self. The simple- how are you today gets us believing we should be fine, just fine- so anything less than fine, just fine, makes us believe our lives aren't quite up to the snuff they are supposed to be. I could talk in circles about all this, I could go on and on endlessly, but the bottom line is - while we're waiting for our lives to be better they are simply marching on.
Many people live lives of pure mental, emotional and physical agony- it's true. Right now I can almost guarantee there are several people in my circle of life that have lives filled with hardships of all different sorts. That's what life is though- degrees of hardships, maybe not always our own but hardships of those we love which in a way make them our own. A life of torture- because that is what they can be sometimes, makes for a great reason to bemoan life in general. I've done a lot of that recently, but less than you might imagine from reading my posts. Truly, I'm not dwelling in a pit of misery, I'm blessed beyond measure, and I need to start writing more of the blessings and less of the grief. Though, there are blessings in the grief too.
What I started out to say way back up at the top of this post is the beauty in a moment of realization- just a moment of new comprehension- can be precious and amazing, a gift in our lives.
When I study God's word these moments of realization occur and my whole life simply pauses in that moment as the illumination gained is etched into my heart- however briefly. If you think heart etchings can't be brief, think again. Our memories of these moments are far too often whisked away as our day to day life carries on. You remember the etch-a-sketches, you scribble all over that thing sometimes in amazing hour long fancy designs that you show off proudly and then shake, shake, shake… gone. Sure, today you could snap several photos of your art work but in days long gone now- you rarely ever bothered to snap a photo you'd have to waste precious film on for an etch-a-sketch picture. Just pretend for a moment you don't have an instant picture gadget or two to take instant pictures you can treasure forever and maybe pretend that hard worked etch-a-sketch art is accidentally erased by a simple drop of the etch-a-sketch. Gone. There for a moment, then gone. You may have worked hard on it, but it goes away. Yes, we can also use the more common - sand castle being swallowed by the tide example. You know what I'm saying, well, that's how even our most precious moments can disappear from memory, especially when those moments are abstract thoughts you are contemplating just for a short while.
I had one of those moments of realization I want to treasure a bit longer by sharing it with you. I was doing a bit of studying and a familiar Bible verse came up- the one about Jesus preparing mansions in heaven for us. I'd just read another verse about 'our earthly house' and 'desiring to be clothed upon with OUR HOUSE which is from heaven.'
Clothed upon with our house which if from heaven (Yes, I'm repeating myself). You know that other verse about our being the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in us and we aren't to defile the 'temple which we are'.
All these mentions of mansions, houses, tabernacles, temples…
In God's heavenly house there are many mansions- ONLY us as MANSIONS will inhabit God's heavenly home. Jesus truly is preparing a place for us to be with Him, to be with God the Father. When we are taken to heaven by Jesus after His return we are being taken there 'clothed upon with our house which is FROM heaven' Our earthly houses can 'dissolve' our earthly bodies will perish but one day we will be clothed with life everlasting- 'a building of God a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.' We will be 'clothed upon'. Right now we really do GROAN in ourselves, our lives, our flesh, our being, this body we are given, we groan and groan and groan, longing not simply to be freed from our burdens but to be given a gift so much more important - eternal life. We need to be clothed- by our SAVIOR. He is preparing a place for us- He is doing what is needing to be done. He will cloth us with life, we will be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven!
Read these verses-
2Co 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2Co 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
2Co 5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
2Co 5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
Maybe my moment of realization isn't one that anyone else finds enlightening in any way and that's okay, some of our moments of realization are ours to cherish in the special way our Lord would allow through the Holy Spirit in our lives. My moment of realization may seem ludicrous and confusing to you and that's okay, thank you for letting me share it anyway. I hope and pray each and every one who reads this is blessed in a very special way soon with your own moments of realization through the Holy Spirit touching your lives. All in the name of my Savior, my Lord, Jesus Christ, now and forever! Amen!!!!!!!
Joh 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I WILL COME AGAIN, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh 14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
1Co 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
1Co 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
2Co 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
2Co 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
2Co 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2Co 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
2Co 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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