Journey into Forever

"A man with many friends may be harmed, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother."     -Proverbs 18:24 I have children and grandchildren.   In thinking about this scripture in regard to emotional closeness between  brothers, I have to shake my head.  You know what I mean.  I have a couple of grandchildren who are probably plotting as we speak about the demise of a sibling.  And my adult children are not that close.  But when I think about the proximity of brothers, then I get it.  You know the scenario....when the kids are in a back seat traveling, we hear things like " He's touching me! He's looking at me!   Make her move!  Why do I have to have her around ALL the time!"  Remember those conversations ?  Maybe you have even heard them today.      So THAT kind of closeness is what I picture when I think of this scripture in Proverbs.  So close.....always there.... even when we want to bask in our self-pity and/ or sin. He waits patiently, som

Searching for a little peace today.....I am drawn to the end of the book "Forever...Why You Can't Live Without It" by Paul David Tripp.  I know I have quoted this book so many times, but it has really spoken to me.  Today, it did so again.  I'd like to share 3 of the six forever guarantees he presented in Chapter 13.    " 1. The future grace of eternity guarantees me present grace .             If God has promised that I will live with him forever, then implicit in that promise is the reality of all the grace I need to face what I will face in this fallen world until forever is my home.  I don't need to fear people and situations, because grace will be supplied for what I am facing when I face it.  I have always believed in the gift of God's grace, but after my eyes were opened, I had new and life-changing appreciation of the now-ism of that grace.  Today I can face life with courage, not because I am able, but because I know I will always have the gr