Marsha's Musings: Looking for Clouds

My Quiet Time

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV)

Now here is real Christian encouragement!  We are told in the last verses of this passage to encourage each other with the preceeding words.  

Do you have loved ones who have died in the Lord before you?  Here we see that when The Lord returns we will have a great reunion in the sky.  However, that reunion will not be focused on each other. It will all be focused on The Lord. But that will make that day all the more wonderful and glorious!  Are you ready? Are you looking for Jesus?  Do you look at the sky and see clouds and wonder, could it be today?