Our Daily Bread is sent to my home every three months by RBC Ministries. It's a devotional booklet with short little, well, devotions. I enjoy reading them sometimes and I want to share them at least once a week. So here's one for today:
At the beginning of March, my friend began a countdown. Marked on the calender in her office were the 20 days left until the first day of spring. One morning when I saw her, she volunteered, "Only 12 more days!" A few days later, "Only 6!" Her enthusiasm started to rub off on me, and I began to keep track as well. "Just 2 more days, Jerrie!" "I know!" she beamed.
As believers, we have something to look forward to that is even more exciting than the anticipation of budding flowers and lots of sunshine after a long winter. God has made many promises in His Word, and each one has been or will be fulfilled. But the certainty that Christ will return is one of the greatest promises of all. "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God...Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air," and we'll be with Him forever (1 Thess. 4:16-17).
Although no one can know the exact day, we have God's promise that Jesus will come back (Acts 1:7-11). As we celebrate easter during this spring, let's encourage each other in anticipation of that day! --Cindy Hess Kasper
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