THE STORM IS OVER FOR NOW, BUT I CAN SEE ANOTHER ON THE HORIZON (UPDATED)

THE SKY IS BLUE,

THE WIND IS FRESH,
I CAN FEEL THE SWEET BREEZE AGAINST MY CHEEK.

HOW CAN ANYONE BELIEVE

THIS WAS ALL MADE FROM A BIG BANG,
A MESS FROM NOTHINGNESS?

THE BIRDS SING THEIR SONGS,

THE BUNNIES HOP ALONG,

AND LIFE CONTINUES THROUGH THE HARDSHIPS AND THE STRIFE.

GOD NEVER SAID THIS LIFE WOULD BE EASY.

HE SAID THAT IF WE STAND FOR HIM

TRIALS WILL FOLLOW,

THINGS COULD GET GRIM.
HE NEVER EVER ONCE
PROMISED THAT THIS LIFE WOULD BE A ROSE GARDEN.

BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER

IS THAT THIS IS JUST A TEST,

A RACE TO SEE WHO MAKES IT

WITHOUT GIVING UP THE PACE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME TO REST

IN THE LIFE HEREAFTER

WHERE ETERNITY WILL BE PEACEFUL AND CALM,

NO TEARS, PAINS, OR REGRETS,

AND A JOYFUL REUNION OF OUR HEART-WRENCHING LOST LOVED ONES.

I'M MUCH MORE THAN HALFWAY THERE
I AM VERY HAPPY TO DECLARE.

AND I'M READY WHENEVER MY JOB HERE IS DONE.

I HEARD OF A YOUNG 13 YEAR OLD BOY WHO FACED DEATH 
HEAD-ON.

HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING,

HE WAS TIRED OF THE RACE,

AND HE KNEW HE WOULD BE SEEING JESUS

FACE-TO-FACE.

I JUST WANT TO SIT AT MY LORD'S FEET

 HAVE HIM TELL ME STORIES

AND REST IN THE COOL GRASS AND THE WARM SUN
ALONG SIDE THE LION AND THE LAMB.

NO MORE ACHES.

NO MORE TEARS.

NO MORE ANGUISH.

NO MORE FEARS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T YET,

PLEASE GIVE YOUR LIFE TO GOD.

IT'S WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.

IN FACT, THERE IS NONE.
EFFORT I MEAN.
IT'S SO EASY.

JUST ASK JESUS TO FORGIVE YOU,
(HEY, WE WERE ALL BORN SINNERS;
I'M NOT TRYING TO POINT FINGERS.)

TO COME INTO YOUR HEART,

TO GUIDE AND DIRECT YOU.

AND HE WILL NEVER, EVER PART.

JOHN 3:16

FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON,

THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH

BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.