Talking with my granddaughter Sarah today she made the comment that "all this stuff about Jesus returning doesn't seem real." I know just how she feels. I sit and listen to speakers much more knowledgeable than I - and I look hard at the descriptions in the Bible and I feel like I'm studying science fiction. I mean - watching Jesus travel around the world, on clouds, in the sky, while people fly up to meet Him and stuff like that - how do you deal with ideas like that? I really have been challenged to seriously consider that the Bible means what it says and says what it means, but it's hard once you start wondering exactly what some of this looks like. It's getting me into a lot of trouble, 'cause my pea-sized little brain and some strange reaction inside of me fluctuates between "this is way too weird" and "nobody cares anyway."
The problem is - I care and I care a lot.
I want to be ready for His return and I want my family ready and anyone else I can convince this is real to be ready. I know it sounds crazy to believe that something so mind-blowing is really going to happen, but I guess I'll just have to get used to that. Move over, Noah. Meanwhile - to all of you who may read this - I hope you don't just check out and live life as usual. A radical, worldshaking event demands a radical life response.
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