Dear Ones,
Hope you wake with anticipation for what the Lord has for you today. 
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Our lives are in God’s hand and we don’t know the number of our days but He does. During this Covid time, many of us have lost friends and family that are no longer with us but in their eternal home. Some were old and some were young but none of them knew the exact moment they would leave this world. But for all of us each day is one day less we have remaining on this earth, and one day closer to what awaits us.
Those of us who know the Lord, what we wait for is more glorious than we can imagine. Like the simple childhood song we may have sung, “Heaven is a wonderful place/ filled with glory and grace/ I want to see my Savior’s face/ Heaven is a wonderful place!”
One day we will be with the Lord and have new bodies but in the meantime, Paul says in Romans 8:23, “Not only so but we ourselves who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” Everything will be made new!
Where we live in Senior independent living, we see what it is like getting older and earthly bodies wearing out. Ambulances pull up now and then, and we have been to funerals for those friends who have died, since coming here 3 years ago. Death seems more real but none of us know how many days we have left, even if we are young.
It is good to imagine what will take place when our time comes, whenever that is, for we will be with the Lord forever. No more sadness, no more pain. Whatever we go through in this life will be worth it all, when we see Him. Like the song goes:
“It will be worth it all when we see Jesus,
Life’s trials will seem so small when we see Chrst;
One glimpse of His dear face all sorrow will erase,
So bravely run the race till we see Christ.”
Challenge for today: Live this day as if it was your last day on earth
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy