May 21......Rapture?

The buzz is at a fever pitch.  Mr. Harold Camping, 89, has predicted that the rapture will take place tomorrow.  All over the internet there are articles.  People are criticizing, laughing, joking, and simply just amusing themselves with his declaration.  It does not help that he has done this once before in 1994.  We have all rolled our eyes and laughed it off.

Even the unsaved person knows the Bible says, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."  We know that we will not be able to predict when it is coming, however, it is coming!  We have heard "Jesus is coming soon" for generations.  Time is running out.  He truly is coming soon.  Our world is in shambles and everything is setting up just like the Word said it would.

With that thought in mind, do not take lightly the second coming of Christ.  It may not be May 21, but it is coming.  He is coming quickly and when he does there will not be time for last minute changes.  Make a decision today to serve him.  Ask him into your life.  Ask him for forgiveness.  Believe in him and seek his face for the rest of your days.  I promise your latter days will be greater.

What if it happened right now?  Before you got to the end of this sentence, the trumpet sounded.  Are you ready?  

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.  1 John 5:11-12

True Ministry

On April 27, 2011, our area was rocked with an outbreak of tornadoes.  Countless people lost their homes.  Many lost their lives.  Some were left with only the clothes on their back.  The pictures are breathtaking, but to see the devastation with your own eyes is gut wrenching.  In many areas it is as if 100 bulldozers lined up side by side and moved forward.  I am truly amazed at the power that weather possesses.  The destruction is unlike anything I have ever seen.

Having experienced two different tornadoes that day, I can say I have a new found respect for storms.  My wife, my baby, and myself, along with several others were stacked in a bathroom when a F3 tornado smashed through Trenton, GA.  It was the scariest moment of my life.  At the same time, it was the most empowering.  We all began to pray with authority and boldness.  No one received a scratch.  We walked outside and were amazed by the destruction.  It was total chaos.  People were screaming and running everywhere. 

What has happened since has been astonishing. 

The word minister means to serve, or wait tables.  Ministry has been evident in the purest sense of the word.  Nearly every able bodied person and all churches have united to assist the hurting, broken, and those in need of food, water and supplies.  Power companies from many states have come through to assist.  Churches congregations have come to volunteer and serve.  Organizations, charities and even the Federal Government have come in to assist.  The numbers are astounding.

I am proud of my fellow brothers and sisters.  They may not consider themselves a "minister", but for nearly two weeks they have truly set the table for those in need.

The tornado that came over Sand Mountain into Trenton. Courtesy of Bill Clingan.



³⁷Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. -Romans 8:37(AMP)