Sunday - Day of Rest and Restoration

God has devised a plan to suit our physical, mental, spiritual make-up. Six days of labour and one day of rest. We can choose to obey it and be blessed or we can ignore it at our own detriment.

To day we live under tremendous pressure; much is demanded of our time and we need more than ever a day of rest and restoration. We are glad many of our folk take time to come to the house of God to worship and have fellowship with God and with fellow believers.

We began the day with our usual Bible Study and this Sunday, I did Revelation 21. We've almost come to the end of this last Book of the Bible. The promises made to the overcomers in the Seven Churches find their fulfilment at last. Life in the New Jerusalem is portrayed in earthly terms. What heaven is like, no one knows, but one thing we are assured - we will be with God for ever.

Sing the wondrous love of Jesus,
Sing His mercy and His grace;
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place.

Refrain:
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!

While we walk the pilgrim pathway,
Clouds will overspread the sky;
But when trav’ling days are over,
Not a shadow, not a sigh.

Let us then be true and faithful,
Trusting, serving every day;
Just one glimpse of Him in glory
Will the toils of life repay.

Onward to the prize before us!
Soon His beauty we’ll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open;
We shall tread the streets of gold. (Eliza E Hewitt)