During Barry's message this morning, I had a few thoughts that I'm
sure were quite moving and powerful, but sadly are now forgotten. I'm
sure it's because the next sentence of the message was even more
inspiring and powerful than the one that caused me to think of the
previous thing.  However, I had one thought that stuck with me, which
came to me while Barry talked about Revelation and how Jesus will
return and we'll be with Him.

I thought to myself, how fantastic would it be to have lived so close
to Him in my life, letting Him live His life through me as He wants
because He knows it's what is best for me, that His return would be no
more... jarring or dare I say, spectacular, for me than when Tracy
simply walks in from the next room? I "abide", or "share my tent",
with Tracy. I am with her all the time. In my house, there are no
walls between my kitchen and my living room. It's possible to be where
we can not see each other, but impossible to be where we can't hear
each other when we're both in this area. While Tracy is beautiful and
I love to look at her, it isn't a momentous occasion to be speaking
with her when she is in the kitchen and I'm in the living room and
have her come into view. It's a common occurrence.

Imagine being in such a close relationship with our Lord that when we
do see Him, that when we do finally see Him, it's no more momentous
than that, not because seeing Him isn't the most spectacular thing
ever, but because whatever happened right before it was only a tiny
bit, immeasurably tiny bit, spectacular? (I'm thinking about how out
we are to hate our brothers and parents, as compared to how much we
love God, or how the best things in this world is filthy rags or
garbage when compared to the Kingdom. Imagine if your life in Him
today were such that it was only a tiny bit less wonderful than when
see Him.)

So how about we shoot for that? (Many people might say to "strive" for
that, but one of my brothers in Christ would get an eye twitch if he
heard that. So I shall use a different word.) I say that kind of
relationship is something to aspire to.