ThAnKfUl!

The past two weeks I have been overwhelmed by the brokenness and hopelessness of this world for those without Christ.  Satan is lurking and ready to devour those who don't walk in the Light.  More than that though, as he continues to lead them into deeper darkness, he is using them to try and shake and destroy the faith of God's chosen.  My heart is broken.  However, I am so thankful for the hope we have in Christ.  We aren't living for this life...which is hard to accept because we all desire the comforts and pleasures this life on earth seems to offer.  Yet, these comforts and pleasures fail to measure up to the richness of Heaven. 

Dear sisters in Christ,
Let's keep our eyes fixed on Christ and the goal set before us! 
Let's remain faithful to the One who is faithful to us!
Let's not let our eyes stray to the comforts of our homes or things.
Let's not let our hearts dwell on things that will waste away, never truly satisfying us.
Let's rejoice in EVERYTHING, and again be quick to REJOICE!
Let's be quick to fill every moment and thought with Christ!

⁹ And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, ¹⁰ so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, ¹¹ filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. ~ Phil 1:9-11