Jesus Quotes: The Most Permanent Relationship

I Am With You Always
Even To The Very End of The Age.
Jesus

      I AM is speaking, and He is telling us something in this Jesus' Quote that will bring you and me that which ONLY God can promise:  Everyone else in our lives will be in this journey for only as long as their mortal frames continue to function, and then they will go to their eternal reward.  

     Once this happens, the process of grief takes place.  Shock and numbness will at first cushion the blow of the departure. Anger will not be far behind, and sometimes the anger will be focused at the one who left us. Darkness and depression (or the valley of the shadow) may come upon us, and sadness will soon settle in our souls for a while.  As we continue to trust God, we may just come to a place where some form of acceptance that allows us to journey on will take place.  And this happens because, as much as they may want to be with us, our precious loved ones cannot do anything about moving on and leaving us ... or, if we go first, us leaving them.

    Sometimes the separation comes as a choice of someone else, and the pain that comes from this abandonment may be like what was described above, but it might just be more painful because the leaving came as a result of someone's selfish choice.

     However, Jesus promises you -- come what may -- that he, the one who is one with "The Great I Am," can do something that no one else can do.  And he will do it!  He already conquered hell, death and the grave and now lives forever! He has taken care of everything that will open the door for you to have the most permanent relationship in existence today!  It is the relationship with the true and living God!  It is a relationship that will last to the very end of the age!  The only one who can prevent you from having this relationship is you.  You can say you don't desire to turn from your sin to the one who can save you from your sins.  Or you can turn to him, believe in him and receive him as the Savior and Lord of your life.  So, you can either choose eternal life or not choose life at all.

     The greatest privilege of my life is to wake up every morning and say, Good morning Lord Jesus!  Thank you for another day of life!  He is always there, and he will always be there!  One day, this old body will be laid down to rest.  And I know for sure that my redeemer, Jesus,  lives!  One day I will wake up in eternity and he will be there waiting for me just as he is every day of my life on earth.  He really is with me always, even unto the very end of the age!  And he is here for you as well.  What makes this even more exciting is that Jesus will have all of our loved ones who died in the Lord also waiting for us as well.

I hope this blesses you today, especially today.

SoJourner

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