Perhaps today are the words that drummed in my head like a heartbeat at 2:15 this morning and rolled me out of bed by 2:50. Now, here I sit at 2:58 with my laptop and a word of encouragement for you.
I encountered those two words the other day when I ran across a note still hanging around my house after Christmas. It was only me happening upon the note again that those two words, perhaps today, stood out to me. Beccy had written them just after she assured me that she would be watching for Jesus in Oregon and charged me with keeping watch in Tennessee.
I only know Beccy because of my articles here on Rapture Ready. Several years ago, she sent an encouraging email after an article I published here. Then, later, she joined a Zoom group I hosted. Not so coincidentally, she is with me once again for a ladies’ group study on Zoom. Isn’t it interesting how her watching in Oregon and me watching and writing in Tennessee have joined two watchers across the nation and formed a sisterhood? We few watchers have become a necessary community over the past few years. That’s a divine happening.
We know as weary watchers that every day we wake up is perhaps the day we will see our blessed hope, and still another day that keeps us casting our eyes upward to the sky with longing. Many perhaps-today days have come and gone, and still we wait. Some days, rather than looking up at the sky, we mostly set our eyes on the horizon and watch as the tribulation gets so close we can nearly hear the hoofbeats.
Daily, the blessed hope of our rescue is fueled by our desire to escape the escalating evil, and rightly so. We live in a jack-in-the-box world, listening to the tune with tension ever growing, waiting for “POP! Goes the Weasel.” Will the dollar crash today? Will we see the beginning of World War III? Will we experience attacks on our homeland? How soon will AI take over? The ups and downs of emotions while watching can give us spiritual whiplash if we’re not grounded in our faith.
Grounded is the perfect word I hadn’t even expected to encounter as I typed. The Lord just dropped it onto the page. But it well expresses what He has been showing me lately. Though Jesus may perhaps come today, until He does, there’s still ground to be tilled and seeds to be planted. A productive farmer doesn’t spend his day gawking up at the sky or scanning the horizon. No, he remains grounded, head down and hand to the plow, with the occasional look up or out.
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I encountered those two words the other day when I ran across a note still hanging around my house after Christmas. It was only me happening upon the note again that those two words, perhaps today, stood out to me. Beccy had written them just after she assured me that she would be watching for Jesus in Oregon and charged me with keeping watch in Tennessee.
I only know Beccy because of my articles here on Rapture Ready. Several years ago, she sent an encouraging email after an article I published here. Then, later, she joined a Zoom group I hosted. Not so coincidentally, she is with me once again for a ladies’ group study on Zoom. Isn’t it interesting how her watching in Oregon and me watching and writing in Tennessee have joined two watchers across the nation and formed a sisterhood? We few watchers have become a necessary community over the past few years. That’s a divine happening.
We know as weary watchers that every day we wake up is perhaps the day we will see our blessed hope, and still another day that keeps us casting our eyes upward to the sky with longing. Many perhaps-today days have come and gone, and still we wait. Some days, rather than looking up at the sky, we mostly set our eyes on the horizon and watch as the tribulation gets so close we can nearly hear the hoofbeats.
Daily, the blessed hope of our rescue is fueled by our desire to escape the escalating evil, and rightly so. We live in a jack-in-the-box world, listening to the tune with tension ever growing, waiting for “POP! Goes the Weasel.” Will the dollar crash today? Will we see the beginning of World War III? Will we experience attacks on our homeland? How soon will AI take over? The ups and downs of emotions while watching can give us spiritual whiplash if we’re not grounded in our faith.
Grounded is the perfect word I hadn’t even expected to encounter as I typed. The Lord just dropped it onto the page. But it well expresses what He has been showing me lately. Though Jesus may perhaps come today, until He does, there’s still ground to be tilled and seeds to be planted. A productive farmer doesn’t spend his day gawking up at the sky or scanning the horizon. No, he remains grounded, head down and hand to the plow, with the occasional look up or out.
Perhaps Today :: By Lisa Heaton
Perhaps today are the words that drummed in my head like a heartbeat at 2:15 this morning and rolled me out of bed by 2:50. Now, here I sit at 2:58 with
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