God's Gift of Visual Delights

"Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; 

Sing praises to our God on the lyre, Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains."

Psalm 147:7-8

Do you like to window shop? I do. I like to stroll past stores and look at the various window displays. No matter how beautiful they may be, though, displays in merchant windows cannot begin to compare with God's heavenly production. After the rain last night, the sky burst forth with His glory. He dipped His artist's brush in His marvelous pallet and painted an extraordinarily beautiful scene. It is enough that the Lord waters the earth and causes the grass to grow on our mountain. But I love the fact that God doesn't stop there. He blesses us with visual delights, too. What visual delight has God given you lately?

At Any Moment

"Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord."
1 Thessalonians 4:17

A day is coming when the Lord Jesus will gather His beloved Church unto Himself in the air. The Apostle Paul describes this event in the fourth chapter of 1 Thessalonians. It's an amazing account of what is to come. The dead in Christ shall rise first, then those believers who are alive will follow. No one knows when this wondrous catching away of believers will take place, and that makes it even more exciting. It could happen this very moment. When it does, we will be with the Lord always. Forever and ever.