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Jun 08 2016

What if I accidently sleep through the Second Coming of Christ?

I was laying awake, trying to sleep, and thinking about how someone is always awake in the world. And someone is always sleeping. And we’re all talking to each other. When something happens in the world, it’s instantly shared throughout the globe, and internet commenters go to work.

 

I was super tired and desperately wanted to sleep. I didn’t want to be a part of the conversation anymore. I wanted to retreat into oblivion and not have to think.

But I was also afraid of falling asleep and losing control. What if Jesus came back while I was asleep? How would I be alerted? The news would spread across the internet almost instantly. I’m imagining the tweets “Did you hear? Jesus came back! #Paradise!”

 

What if I am asleep? Someone else will get to post “First!” I’d hate to sleep through the second coming of Christ. I’m alone in my house, no one will wake me up. There are millions (billions?) of people asleep right now. They’d all miss it.

 

Except, how could I possibly miss it? The Bible says the Lord will return with a shout, the call of the archangel, and the trumpet of God.

I’m pretty sure everyone will be woken up by that trumpet blast. It will be heard all over the world. There’s no sleeping through that alarm. I also believe everyone will instantly know what it signals. There’ll be no “wtf was that? An asteroid?” You will know in your heart what is happening. And what a day that will be.

 

It will either be the greatest day in the world or the worst, depending on your allegiance. No one will be indifferent. No one will be meh. You will know in your heart where you stand. No will have to tell you. There will be no arguing, no discussion, no opposing viewpoints. No one will ask “What does this mean for my life? How does this affect me?” You will know.

 

Even someone in a coma, who may not physically wake from it, will know in his soul the end has come. Oftentimes I’ve heard a trumpet like sound far off in the distance and wondered excitedly “Is Jesus here?” only to be disappointed by the refrigerator gurgling. Oh well, someday. He is coming.

 

“…and the dead in Christ shall rise first.”

Written by Mark Boris · Categorized: Christianity, Jesus, Uncategorized

Jul 15 2015

It’s impossible to meditate when I’m living in sin.

If I’m living with unconfessed sin and I try to sit down, stop, and focus my thoughts on my breathing, inevitably my mind goes straight to the sin, to the blight on my soul. No matter how hard I try, my mind won’t be still. It’s agitated and worried about the sin. It’s worried about my relationship with God, about God’s pending wrath I’m flippantly ignoring. If I ignore those feelings, then I have to find something else to distract my mind from the sin. I can’t sit still without the weight crushing me. Imagine, sitting alone, with just my thoughts, and just my sin. I shudder. Basically hell. So to get away from myself (and away from God) I’ll usually go play video games, go for a walk, or heaven forbid, go sin some more. Anything but being forced to deal with it. But deal with it you should.

The answer is to go to God in prayer. Prayer is deeper than meditation. The very first thing that will come up in your mind is the unconfessed sin. And you will repent and be forgiven right then and there. You can’t move forward until you do.

You can try to ignore it, and try to pray about other things.”I’m OK God. Let’s not bring that up. Here’s what I really wanted to talk to you about…”

If you try to run you will invite into your life a blindness, a wasting oppression, a willful ignorance that will only further separate you from God. You’ll think you’re good with God, but you’ll be walking alone.

Turn and repent, and feel the true freedom, the overwhelming joy, the utter relief of releasing yourself to God’s will. And be able to experience a still, quiet mind once again.

Written by Mark Boris · Categorized: Christianity, Meditation

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