My Thanksgiving Wish

 I've been pondering my mortality a lot over the past while, as well as how I want to spend the rest of
my mortality into eternity. I've thought about the time the Lord has given us to prepare for His coming - the time we have left to get our houses in order.

This question has been posed many times: "If you knew your time left in this life was almost over, what would you wish to tell the people you cared about? Or, "If you knew this was your last day in this life, what would you do or say?"

For me, if I knew my life was coming to an end, I would say the things that have been in my heart for a very, very long time. I would tell you that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. I would urge you to look to Him first in all things, to dedicate your life to Him and none else. He is not only the way, HE IS THE ONLY WAY any of us can make it back to the Father.

The Savior is life to me, He is the very air I breathe and I need Him like a thirsty man needs water. His is the face I see when I awaken in the morning and the One I see as I close my eyes at night to sleep. His is the voice I long with all my being every single day to hear, and His is the embrace I ache to feel. His are the words I want embedded in my heart, and His gospel is the gift that is priceless to me. It is beyond value to me, just as are the blessings that have come from Him in the form of my husband, children, and grandchildren. I am nothing without them, and I am absolutely nothing without Him.

None of us are.

I'm so grateful for my life, for the trials, triumphs, and lessons learned. I tearfully plead every day for the strength to live the gospel fully and do what is right no matter what. Because only through living the gospel as best I can and giving my heart to Him fully can I know what is real and what isn't, what is true and what isn't. Only in the Lord can I discern who are His servants and who are servants of the adversary. Only He knows my heart fully and the righteous desires I carry inside. He knows my strengths, and my many weaknesses. I'm so grateful to Him for His grace and mercy that at times, I can hardly find the words. Sometimes, I have no words, but I always rest in the assurance that He knows my heart, and I pray that when my time is done on this earth, He will never say, "I never knew you." I only long to hear the words, "Well done."

I am grateful to be able to testify of Heavenly Father and His Son, my Savior and Lord.

My Thanksgiving wish is that, during this time of darkening days, the Light of Christ will shine in our hearts and lift us, placing our feet permanently in the path to Him. I pray that we will all be blessed with eyes to see and ears to hear what is truth, and recognize what is real. 

The truth always testifies of Christ, and His love is the most real thing we will ever know.

Happy Thanksgiving!

When Will We Learn?

Revelation 2:5

“Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen,
and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” 

When will we finally begin to understand that man is nothing, that no mortal man can save us or this country? When will we let it sink into our minds and hearts that only the Lord can save us? When will we stop depending on flawed human beings in power to be our advocates - men who, because of power and position, are where they are?

Here is a painful truth: Embracing sin and leaning on the arm of flesh by placing other "gods" before THE GOD has caused Him to remove the candlestick from its place, leaving us in darkness to the point that most cannot see Him. For many, the light of charismatic Babylon shines far brighter at the moment. 

OUR ONLY HOP HOPE IS IN CHRIST. PERIOD.