THE LAST SUNRISE

This was written last January.  I don't have access to the internet very often and so I am just getting around to posting it.  It is hot August now.  The trees in our corner of East Texas are lush and green thanks to an abundance of rain this summer.   Mornings on my little porch are the best time of my day, winter, spring, summer and fall.   Its quality time with Jesus--starts the day off right!
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This morning was cold.  I bundled up to stay warm and took my steaming cup of coffee out to my little side porch.  Katy Kat in my lap, we watched the sun shine golden through the winter bare branches.  I love that time of the morning when the world is waking up and darkness is overtaken by the light.  The birds begin to hop down to the feeder looking for breakfast.  Another day began!   This morning I wondered what would I do with my day if it were my last sunrise!  

I thought I would like to leave a letter to my family.  I would tell them how much I love them and apologize for not being a better witness for Jesus.  If there is anything I want more for my children than for them all to be saved and heaven-bound, I don’t know what it would be.  I want them to all know Jesus.  I want them to repent of sin and be born again into the kingdom of God.  I want them to resist evil---to hate evil—and to love the holiness-purity of Jesus!  I want them to be overcomers for Christ in this wicked world.   I would that they all gain understanding of God through His Holy Word and that the more they know Him the more they will love Him.

The closer I come to the end of my life on this earth, the more I hate the world.  Actually, I hate the evil that has spread like gangrene over the face of our planet.  I hate that people are so blind that they can’t see how they are wallowing in the filth of wickedness.  I hate it that there is an excuse for every evil under the sun, denying the desperate need for Savior Jesus  I hate it that there is a real and terrible place called hell waiting for those who turn away from Jesus.  I hate it that there are deceivers in the world that turn folks from the truth.   Jesus is the way, the truth, the life!   One way!  The choice is simple----serve God through His Son, Jesus Christ, or serve the devil.   Don’t be confused into thinking there are other ways to heaven.  Oh, God, show them before it is too late!

I am so thankful that I belong to Jesus.  Here am I, without one plea, but the blood of Jesus covers me.  I am sorry for any hurt or pain I caused to anyone.  I forgive all who have hurt me in my lifetime.  Unforgiveness is something I don’t want hanging around my neck when I meet Father God. 

I will be happy to enter the gates of heaven.  I don’t know what to expect except I know the weight of the world will be gone and I’ll be in the presence of my savior and Lord, Jesus Christ.  I would that all my children and those I call my children (unlimited) will be there, too.  I pray we will all hear Him say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”     Amen

 

Love, In Jesus Christ

Carole L. Shepherd  (Mom….Grandma…..Aunt…..Wife…Sister….Child of God)

January 24, 2014