Thursday, May 31, 2012

1Th 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

Sorrow goes farther backwards than regret.
We all have regrets. I wish I would have. I should have.  If only I had done this or gone there, or said this. . .

Sorrow dwells longer in the past than regret.Sorrow builds a dwelling place in the past and says, "this is your address". Have all your mail delivered here on Regretful Lane in a house called Sorrow.

Sorrow also looks into your every tomorrow and reaches farther and farther into you future and begins to steal not only your past , but your tomorrows and tomorrow’s hopes.

Sorrow steals hope and preaches a continuous message:  "there will never be any change. Things will always be the way they have always been."

The apostle Paul, inspired by the Holy Ghost, commands. . . sorrow not. Concerning them which are asleep in Jesus, I would remind you of our hope.  Do not dwell in the ancient history of your lives or the lives of those you love.  Do not build a house of Sorrow on Regretful Lane.

I REMIND YOU OF OUR HOPE
OUR HOPE that is founded and anchored in the unchangeable, unmoveable, forever-settled promise of the Word of God. . .

I remind you of hope:  It is a hope of an assured future without regret, sorrow, or shame.  If you have been living on Regretful Lane, change your address.

 
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
1Th 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
1Th 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words
We shall FOREVER be with the Lord.