Joy and Strength (Christian life and music)

For any of us who have lived any length of time, we know that seven years is but a breath, a blink. So let's imagine for a moment that the Great Tribulation, which lasts a total of seven years, is just around the corner.  Whether or not we are Raptured before it, God only knows!  I'm not here to debate post-trib or pre-trib.   Lately, I've been thinking about just how soon Jesus' Millennial Reign may be happening.   I mean, we come back with Him to rule and reign during His millennial reign.  And that may be only a few years away!   This excites me to no end!!! A world where perfect peace, justice, unity, and righteousness reign.  Can we even imagine it?!  I'm not talking heaven here, folks.  I'm talking about true peace on earth - and this for one thousand years!   Jesus promises that He will be back here to reign - in person! - on earth for 1,000 years before the final showdown (Armageddon). We will see Him!  He will be on the news.  I'm not sure if He wil

So years ago, I sat down to write an old-fashioned style hymn.  This is what the Lord inspired in me. I just sat down to sing it and whenever I do, I can't make it through with dry eyes. It is such an awesome truth and Reality that we will one day see Jesus face to face.  It is such an awesome Reality that we will be there in His glory with Him, though we have done nothing to earn a place there.  Out of His mind-blowing grace, we will be allowed to enter in where the streets are made of gold.  We will reign there with Him.  We will wear crowns. To imagine the next life in comparison to life as we know it on earth, well the difference is unfathomable. In Revelation 1:17, the apostle John says,  "When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man." God is that awesome and holy.  So falling at His feet when we see Him as He is is a Reality.   If any of you grew up singing the great hymns of old, the chord progression of my song will make sense to you.  It may even be comfort