It's been a long time since I posted. Blogging is not a natural activity for me. I have promised myself to do better in 2011. A friend of mine describes three kinds of people in the digital world, those over 55 are normally digital fugitives, those from 35 to 55 are digital immigrants, and those under 35 are digital natives. I'm almost 60!
Nevertheless, I am going to try to be more consistent in writing this year.
In my Bible reading today I came to this passage which inspired me.
Matt 24:12-14
12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
NIV
It reminded me that God loves the Sudanese refugee as much as my neighbor across the street. He loves the villager in Manta, Ecuador who earns $1 per day as the "millionaire next door".
I saw a motorhome billboard driving down the street last week proclaiming that Jesus was coming on May 21, 2011. I doubt it, there are too many places in the world where the gospel is not yet preached. Part of me wants Jesus to come on that date, but part of me prays, "Lord tarry a little longer, there are so many who do not know you."
And while I'm quite sure that the guy who is predicting the end of the world is wrong (he also predicted 1988 and 1989--- OOPS!) I do know that the end of the world will come, with judgment day. I pray that many millions more will come to know Jesus as Savior before then.
