It's been so long since I wrote, and I must apologize for the neglect. Perhaps my neglect is noty such a bad thing- it means I have been busy, it means God has been good to me. While I'm too busy breathing and living it means God has been good to me :).

Today however, is Ascension Day, and this is where I find myself being drawn back to.

Ascension Day commemorates Christ's Ascension into heaven. It takes place on the Thursday which is the 40th day after Easter. It is on this day that Jesus ascended into the clouds after appearing to many of his disciples. We see in the Gospel of Luke and in the Acts of the Apostles that Jesus led them out of the Mount of Olives and instructed them to wait for the promise of the holy spirit. Once Jesus has ascended two angels appeared, and declared to them that Jesus would return in Glory.

Essentially, Ascension Day is a symbol of the second coming, reminding us that our Jesus is alive and that he will return to us in Glory.

Doesn't this say something about the way in which we live? We should live in anticipation, we should live well, we should live wholesome lives so that when he comes, we will be waiting expectantly for our saviour.

Maybe the second coming will come as a mass-encounter, as we see it in the Revelations, or perhaps we all encounter our own 'second coming', when our time comes to go to the eternal home, and there,
coming down from the clouds is our saviour, waiting to take us home.

Ok, this has gotten a bit depressing, basically, lets live it up, lets choose to be happy, let us appreciate all that we have and let us be the light in the world, so that when He does come, there will be some light waiting for Him.