Anticipation, joyful expectation, hopefully looking forward…do these describe how you feel about the coming return of Jesus? The Bible has numerous scriptures describing His return. There are quotes from Jesus explaining what it will look like. There are Old and New Testament prophecies that give us assurance of His return, and we know His arrival is much closer than it was 2000 years ago.

But, are we ready?

Can anyone else relate to Paul’s dilemma? We want to do good, but fail to do it. We agree with God in our inner man, but sin seems to get the upper hand in how we act. It is a wretched condition to be in … but there is hope.

I have a degree in accounting so I’m often told that I view numbers differently than most people might. In reading God’s Word I was intrigued to find that Paul used an accounting term in some of his writings.

I read the term “stone catcher” in a memoir called Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Because the character in his story pointed to the biblical story of the woman caught in adultery to explain the term, I went to this scripture to consider what God might want to teach me about catching stones.

I experienced something that I thought was alarming, until I consulted with an eye doctor who assured me that it was not cause for concern. The liquid vitreous within my right eye is detaching from the retina as a result of the aging process. I guess our bodies really change a lot as we age. It seems odd that detachment would be considered “normal”.

Then, miraculously, he heard the sound of a single snowmobile coming closer. He looked up (the music swelled) and he knew he was saved!