Peace That Passes All Understanding!
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let
them be afraid. -------John 14:27
The fourteenth chapter of the gospel of John is such a
comforting chapter. It is where Jesus is
talking to His disciples, preparing them for their lives and ministry without
Him. He would soon be leaving them and
going back to the Father. His departure,
of course, was by His DEATH on the cross.
These Scriptures are often used in funerals, for the purpose
of bringing, HOPE, PEACE, AND COMFORT to the hearts of those that are left
behind. Christmas Eve morning, my DEAR,
SWEET ninety-one year old MOTHER, left us to go and spend Jesus’ birthday with
Him, face to face, to be able to say “Happy Birthday, King Jesus, my Lord, and
my brother." To be in the very PRESENCE
OF ALMIGHTY GOD. To be in a place that
is FREE from the very things that ROBBED her of her memory and life. She is NOW, walking the STREETS OF GOLD, or
SITTING at the FEET of our BLESSED SAVIOR.
And she has a CLEAR, HEALTHY MIND.
SHE KNOWS AND IS KNOWN. She is
NOW with my PRECIOUS, EARTHLY DAD, and ALL of our EARTHLY FAMILY that has gone on
before us. What a reunion that must have
been. She is FULL OF JOY and is probably
SINGING PRAISES TO THE KING OF kings and Lord of lords. She is rubbing elbows with, the SAINTS OF
OLD. And MORE than anything else she is FINALLY AT HOME!!
This my dear friends brings a PEACE to my heart that is
beyond explanation. I am SAD, yet I am
REJOICING, because I KNOW THAT I KNOW where she is and that SOME DAY, we will
all be together again. And ALL because
of God’s great LOVE for US, exemplified by Him sending His Son, as a newborn
baby to grow up to be a SACRIFICE for ME and YOU, to give us the HOPE OF
HEAVEN, when WE leave this old world.
That brings HIS peace to my SAD heart, and I am here to say,
IT is a PEACE like NO OTHER. If you have
NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to Him. Then you cannot experience that PEACE,
that this OLD SINFUL, CORRUPT, SICK WORLD can’t even BEGIN TO OFFER, the PEACE
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. And you can’t
POSSESS the HOPE of HEAVEN, or a GREAT REUNION with your loved ones who are in
Heaven, because they, one day, decided to give their hearts and lives to the
Lord. If you don’t come to Jesus and
turn from your SINFUL LIFE, and give your heart and life to HIM. You will spend ALL ETERNITY, separated from
them.
But you can CHANGE your destination, by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for
His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for you and is
ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift
of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can, and RECEIVE that PEACE that
PASSES ALL understanding and the HOPE OF HEAVEN. HE’S WAITING!!!
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