SOMEDAY

This post was written for Five Minute Friday

Word prompt--SOMEDAY

Five minutes to freewrite about it

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Someday never seems to come.

I still have not caught up on all the things on my to do list I expected to have completed someday, or sorted through the boxes cluttering my bedroom floor, or read the books in a growing pile waiting to be put into a bookcase. 

There are goals I have set and resolutions I have made, all with good intentions of achieving; and books and blog posts I've started to write, still hoping they will someday get done.

As I draw closer to the end of my journey in this world, however, there is one someday I can be absolutely certain will come to pass. I know that someday I will pass through the gates to my eternal home where Jesus Himself will wipe away every tear, and where "there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain" (Revelation 21:4). What a wonderful someday that will be.

You too can have that someday assurance (see below).

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Because of Adam and Eve’s sin in the Garden of Eden, we are all born with a sin nature that separates us from God. Because of it there is a great gulf that separates us from Him, and there is no way we can cross it through our own efforts. There is only one path that can lead us to eternal life, and that is through the blood Jesus shed on the cross to redeem us of our sins. 

Jesus came to earth to die on the cross so we could be forgiven of our sins and set free to spend eternal life in Heaven with Him, enjoying the fellowship we were created to enjoy with the Lord before sin entered the world. This gift of salvation is a free gift that can only be received by grace through faith. It cannot be earned by good works. And as much as it is not God's will for anyone to perish, He will not impose His will on you or force you to accept it. The choice is yours. 

Jesus stands at the door of your heart, knocking and waiting for you to answer. I pray that you would open the door before it is too late, and accept His invitation to enter your life, forgive your sins, and make you a new creation. 

Life is brief, and none of us is promised another day—or even another moment, for that matter. Tomorrow may be too late. 

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23, NIV) 

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23, NIV) 

Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. (John 14:6, NLT) 

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16, NIV) 

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. (Ephesians 2:8-9, NLT) 

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. (Revelation 3:20)