Si c'était aujourd'hui ?

Le Seigneur lui-même… descendra du ciel; et les morts en Christ ressusciteront en premier lieu; puis nous, les vivants qui restons, nous serons enlevés ensemble avec eux dans les nuées à la rencontre du Seigneur, en l'air: et ainsi nous serons toujours avec le Seigneur. 1 Thessaloniciens 4. 16, 17

Du ciel, bientôt, Jésus va revenir.

Si c'était aujourd'hui?

Tous, radieux, nous le verrons venir.

Si c'était aujourd'hui?

Alors tous les saints à sa vue,

Ses enfants sûrs de sa venue,

Iront avec Lui sur la nue.

Si c'était aujourd'hui?

Oh! que Jésus trouve en nous des cœurs droits,

S'il revient aujourd'hui!

Veillant, priant, dociles à sa voix,

S'il revient aujourd'hui!

Avons-nous tous cette assurance

D'être enlevés en sa présence,

Dans le séjour de sa puissance,

S'il revient aujourd'hui?

Dans ce beau ciel le mal ne sera plus.

Si c'était aujourd'hui!

Plus de douleurs… Le regard de Jésus!

Si c'était aujourd'hui!

Notre âme après ce jour soupire,

Mais déjà la nuit se retire,

Le grand matin va bientôt luire.

Si c'était aujourd'hui!

Gloire! gloire! Jésus revient bientôt!

Nous le contemplerons. Et nous l'adorerons.

Jésus revient bientôt!

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An Exchange

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Psalm 32:5 niv

God forgives those who confess their guilt.

Jen sat on her patio pondering a scary question: Should she write a book? She had enjoyed writing a blog and speaking in public but felt God might want her to do more. “I asked God if He wanted me to do this,” she said. She talked with Him and asked for His leading.

She began to wonder if God wanted her to write about her husband’s pornography addiction and how God was working in his life and their marriage. But then she thought that it might publicly disrespect him. So she prayed, “What if we wrote it together?” and she asked her husband Craig. He agreed.

While he didn’t say what sin he committed, King David engaged in a public conversation about his struggles. He even put them into song. “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away,” he wrote (Ps. 32:3 niv). So he said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord” (v. 5). Not everyone should go public with their private battles. But when David confessed his sin, he found peace and healing that inspired him to worship God.

Craig and Jen say that the process of writing their deeply personal story has brought them closer than ever. How like God, who loves to exchange our guilt, shame, and isolation for His forgiveness, courage, and community!

Do you need to make an exchange with God of guilt for forgiveness? He is listening.