Psalm 68: 1-4 (The Message version): “Up with God! Down with his enemies! Adversaries, run for the hills! Gone like a puff of smoke, like a blob of wax in the fire—one look at God and the wicked vanish. When the righteous see God in action they’ll laugh, they’ll sing, they’ll laugh and sing for joy. Sing hymns to God; all heaven, sing out; clear the way for the coming of Cloud-Rider.
Enjoy God, cheer when you see him!“

I love this good news! When the righteous see God “they will laugh and they will sing!” This is so exciting to me.  I love to laugh and I love to sing. When it is my time to leave, I will be smiling because I know laughter is ahead for me and singing too. If our Lord returns now, we can be the cheering squad. Looking back through history, we know from Biblical times there have been horrific wars. Not only wars but horrible atrocities. History seems to repeat itself. WWI, WWII, the holocaust and certainly our current times of turmoil and wars and unrest and troubling discord for so many nations.

At our arrival to meet our Most Holy Father, we will be pain-free. We can become cheerleaders for our Heavenly Host. The turmoil of earthly times, the worries, the issues we cannot tolerate, the drama and agony of seeing pain and suffering for many, will no longer lay heavy on our hearts. We can laugh and sing hymns to God as we cheer our Savior. Stay strong in the Lord, dear friends. Anticipate the pain-free, worry-free reunion. Meanwhile, you are HIS! Go ahead, smile!

Jill