Christmas Certitude

Christmas Certitude

By George Thurlow

Not just nostalgic moments

Or memories of Christmas past,

The flocking of friends and family

And all the wholesome things like that.

Christmas is far substantial

Than holiday traditions of man:

Its impact is overreaching

With a vast eternal plan.

Christmas speaks of promises

And prophecies fulfilled,

Not just in Christ's first coming,

But even those that await us still.

And like the Sons of Issachar

With understanding of the times,

We too have prophetic insight

And discernment of the signs.

Anticipation charged with Glory

Much like the days of yore,

As we watch and pray like Simeon

Christ coming it is sure.

Christmas is our reminder

That the Word of God is true,

And that Christ is coming back for us

Just like He said He'd do.

Copyright 12/18/17

Dedicated to my Pastor Rev. Merle L. Mitchell of Faith Lighthouse Assembly of God in Old Orchard Beach.

                                                        " Christ's coming is imminent!"

Imminent

Imminent

By George Thurlow

Copyright 4/3/17

Christ's coming...It is imminent

Even at the door,

Events today confirm it

Through God's Word I am assured.

Christ's coming... it is imminent

Nothing standing in the way,

The Blessed Hope our comfort

Gives us courage for today.

Christ's coming...it is imminent

It could happen even now,

Be about the Father's business

Keep your hand upon the plow.

Christ's coming...it is imminent

No veering from the path,

For time it is of essence

To escape the coming wrath.

Christ's coming...it is imminent

Our redemption's nigh,

Soon we'll hear the trumpet's sound

And the Bridegroom's cry!

Christ's coming...It is imminent

Even at the door,

Soon we'll go to be with Him

In our home for ever more!

1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.