Bride Get Ready! You're Groom is putting on his bow tie!

If you have even begun to read this PLEASE continue. I do not claim to be a prophetess or work in the word of knowledge, but you reading this is not just a coincidence, I believe it is God's providence. People I want you to know that just now I was woken from my sleep and brought to tears. My family is sleeping and yet I HAVE to write this now... it could not wait!

Just Wednesday, one of my dear friends, Christy, shared with us that she had a dream about the rapture of the Church. Maybe she will post a blog on here explaining it in better detail, but when she shared a tidbit from the dream, I had chills, and I just knew in my spirit that God had given her that dream for a reason. Folks normal dreams are about trying to get somewhere and not being able to move, or sitting in class in your underwear... not the rapture of the Saints! I thought to myself, "Wow, God is stirring his Bride."

Well, just now at around 6:30am, it is raining and lightning is popping all around me. I was asleep in my bed with my sweet child in my arms, and i had a dream. I dreamed that I was in a small worship service with close friends. We were in the midst of a storm much like this one. The lightning was popping and the thunder was clapping and we were raising our voices to God in praise. I had Asher in my arms. Then one of the girls in the group said, "This is the best day of our lives!" And as soon as she said that, it was like the loudest clap of lightning/thunder I have ever heard, and in that thunder I heard names being called out, and in that same split second we were sucked into the air like in some science fiction movie. I felt like I was dreaming but in my heart I knew "This is it!" and then I woke up with my heart pounding and tears coming down my face.

I cannot let this go! God does not often give me such vivid dreams and I do not normally wake from sleep on my own like I just did. I believe that God is telling us something. He is preparing his Bride for his return. Even if he is just putting a sense of urgency on our hearts so that we do not let our days slip by in waste. Jesus is coming, and there isn't going to be a news broadcast warning you about it. It's going to happen in a clap of thunder... unexpectedly. In Luke, Jesus said "Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them. If he comes in the second watch or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief was coming he would not have left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." (And just so you know, I opened my Bible to find this verse, not exactly knowing where it was, and it fell open to the very page!)

If you are reading this and you think that I am a crazy fool, let me say this. I will not keep my mouth shut! I will do the will of my Father, and I beg of you, examine your heart. If this is foolishness to you, then you are blind and you are lost. Jesus was real. He was the Son of God, and he came here and died on a cross for your sins, so that those who believe in him might have eternal life and not suffer the eternal damnation that we all deserve. God commands us to repent and believe. If you are reading this right now and something has stirred in your heart, and you are feeling the weight of your sin like hot coals against your skin, that is the Holy Spirit's sweet conviction, and grace is waiting for you. What must you do to be saved? You must lay down your life and follow him. You must repent of your sin and your unbelief and have faith in Jesus as Lord, believing that he died on the cross and was raised from the dead. Jesus is the only way. His death on the cross is the only substitution for sin. You cannot get to heaven by going to church, making donations to charities, being a good husband or father, or even saying you believe in God and Jesus. If you are reading this and you know that your life is not right and that Christ is not your hearts affection, this is a personal call to you from God. The truth has gone out, and I pray that it does not fall on deaf ears. I am praying for you.

If you are reading this and you know that you are a Child of God. You know that your life bears the stamp of salvation, then I say to you "WAKE UP!!! Get ready Christian! We have a mission, and we must get about it, because our Bride Groom is sitting on the edge of his throne waiting for the Father to give the word "Go." The Church has been silent too long. We have been weak and lazy for too long! There are people dying (physically and spiritually) all around us and we just go about our lives as if we have nothing to offer and no interest to help! The earth is moaning with birth pains. Things are happening and God is moving people into place for His purpose, and ultimately that purpose is the rapture of his Church and the judgement of this world and all of it for the glory of His name. In Matthew, Jesus talks about the signs (24:6)"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains." Christian, prepare yourself in prayer and reading of the Word. You will need strength and faith. Our bodies may be broken for the sake of the gospel, but if so, know that we were chosen for this time in history, and if God is for us who can be against us? I encourage you to set yourself and your desires aside, open your ears to hear what your Father has to say, and above all do His will. Test yourselves continually, and do not take the grace that he blessed you with for granted lest you find yourself lacking.

I close with a prayer; "Father God and most Glorious King, thank you for your prompting of my heart. I pray that I have written the right words and that the hearts of those who read this will feel your tugging and know that I do not say these things of my own accord. Lord if you calling to your Church and you are wakening us from our slumber so that we will be ready for you, I pray you give us the strength and the courage to go about your will. I pray that your name will be lifted up high and that the light of your love will shine through us your Church, reaching into the darkness and taking hold of your lost children. God, I pray the the knowledge of your precious Son will reach those who have not heard. I pray that if you call us to be the ones who are to take that knowledge to the far ends of the earth, that we will go without hesitation. May the hectic craziness of this fleshly life fade away, and may we be focused on eternity and what really matters. Lives are hanging in the balance, and Lord I pray that through us that you snatch them up and save them from your judgement. God I pray that through my human and imperfect words you will bring about your perfect purpose. God, whatever the reason you have given me this heaviness of heart, I pray that your will be done. Again, thank you for the wake up call. You know what I was in need of. Amen."