Rapture-What happened?

There was too much hype. Billboards and signs graced the landscape about the time. It didn't come. Many disappointed. Many more mock. They don't understand what they consider an obsession. How could they understand? No. I don't believe there is a set time that one can know. I do believe in God's word and in its promises. I won't stop believing because the Rapture didn't happen when Harold Camping and his followers said it would. Yes, I can see what's happening because of his false teaching. Yet I can't help thinking that many grasped the shiny future Camping dangled before them. They wanted to believe. Who can blame them? Not I.

With all the destruction and desolation happening, it is no wonder that some are wishing and hoping that they will be taken away from it. I can't blame them for that either. I sometimes wish it myself. My heart aches for the hundreds and thousands affected by the tornadoes. It is frightening. You pray. You thank God that you are still alive. You watch the news and your heart sinks with sorrow and pain. Who wouldn't want to get away from that?

God's timing is perfect. You may wish with your whole heart and soul to be taken away. Then you look around you, realizing that there are still so many that need to hear the saving words and experience the hope that the Lord has given you.