From Insight for living with Chuck Swindoll
There She Goes . . . Miss Persia! Tuesday, 3/1
Bible Verse: Esther 1:1 – 2:7
Series: Esther: A Woman of Strength and DignityI was listening to this while I made an on line order for groceries…
Listening while I typed, while I planned lunch tomorrow and made a list of vegetables to buy when Tamsin and I go into town in about half an
hour

and then it happened…He said something about when Christ returns, something about
“days that seemed uneventful but become unbelievable,”
Something like this:

“ Its mentioned often in the New Testament but it hasn’t happened yet, its the day Christ will return. School children will have their lunches packed and they’ll be off to school, traffic will choke the freeways, merchants will be opening their doors to customers, the uh, stock market will be a buzz with excitement, interest and activity and suddenly He will Split the sky and the dead in Christ will be raised first and there will be the most incredible reunion that will leave this planet like it has never been before.”
-C. SwindollI long for this day.
For the first time ever.
It is the very first time that I have found comfort in this thought,
no really,
the very first time.
Typically my response is one of suppressed and guilty sorrow.
What about marriage? What about children?
What about all my dreams and desires?

“Christ will split the skies,”
It was not sorrow or guilt that was felt,
it was deep and desperate comfort.
Desperate.
The first time ever.
The years have made me long for Him,
at last.
t~