Of course, that got me to thinking. Aren't we like that in so many other ways? Can't wait for the end of a book....read the last chapter. Can't wait for a reply for an email...check it 50 times in an hour. Same with texts..keep checking your phone to see if the battery is okay. Can't wait for a baby? Nine months is nine months, can't do much to hurry that up (wouldn't want to anyway)! Can't wait for commercdials..flip between channels. We can't take not knowing every little thing and having some type of information readily available. We don't like to wait AT ALL!
It wasn't until recently, that I began thinking about the "rest of the story" in other ways, too. So much is happening in the world, I see fear in people who are not fearful people. Life is getting harder for all of us, and Jesus said it would. He also said, "Don't be afraid for I have overcome the world". He knows the "rest of the story" and we do too. He's coming back for us, if we don't go home to Him first!
It is one of those situations like waiting for the new episodes in September...we won't get any information until it is time for the "rest of the story". We can guess and we can wonder, but we don't really know how it will play out. We are not going to know when it is the appointed time for Christ's return, but we have been given signs to know when the time is closer. However, with watching those signs, we are not to fear, because we do know "the rest of the story"...and it will put all of the waiting and fear and impatience behind us.. it will be worth it all! But, in the meantime, there is work to be done, life to live and people to reach. And with His return comes a new Season...a never ending One!
Happy "Cliffhanger" week, my Friends!
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