We live in a world plagued with viruses and riots and very few people seem to have certainty about anything.
Recently I read a small book about prophesy and the antichrist. Just knowing how all this earthly garbage ends surrounds me with peace.
In the introduction, J. Vernon McGee, Author and long time radio preacher, wrote about reading many mystery novels late into the night in his younger years.
In the introduction, J. Vernon McGee, Author and long time radio preacher, wrote about reading many mystery novels late into the night in his younger years.
Sometimes the story would have the girl tied to the rail road tracks and her hero tied to a chair in a shack with a dynamite fuse lit near his foot.
Not able to sleep at that point, Brother McGee would turn to the back page and read about the same couple being happily married.
Then he turned back to the dilemma and said, “Don’t worry, everything’s going to be okay.”
I’d like to use Brother McGee’s illustration. To believers struggling in this troubled world, I say, “Don’t worry, everything’s going to be okay. I’ve read the last page of the Bible.”
James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
But until then
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“My heart can sing when I pause to remember — A heartache here is but a stepping stone; — Along a path that's winding always upward, — This troubled world is not my final home.
Chorus:
“But until then my heart will go on singing. — Until then with joy I'll carry on. — Until the day my eyes behold the city; — Until the day God calls me home.
“The things of earth will dim and lose their value — If we recall they're borrowed for a while. — And things of earth that cause this heart to tremble — Remember there will only bring a smile.
“This weary world with all its toil and struggle — May take its toll of misery and strife; — The soul of man is like a waiting falcon; — When it's released, it's destined for the skies.”
Stuart Hamblen
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