Glorious Day!!

So I was listening to some Casting Crowns yesterday, as I do most days. Glorious Day came on. For those of you who do not listen to Casting Crowns, first of all you should, and second of all here is the chorus to the song.

Living, He loved me

Dying, He saved me

Buried, He carried my sins far away

Rising, He justified freely forever

One day He's coming

Oh glorious day, oh glorious day

I have heard this song about a hundred times at least, but today I stopped and thought about that last line. "Oh glorious day!" I think the only other time I have heard that line authentically uttered was by my 7 year old Daughter on Christmas Eve. I remember we were talking about it being time for bed so that Santa could come and then she could wake up and open her gifts. She got so excited that she started to shake and the joy built up inside her came out in a bubbling shriek of, "OH GLORIOUS DAY!"

That is the way I want to wait for Jesus. I want to be so excited that I can't hold my joy inside and that it bubbles out! I want to be a child on Christmas Eve waiting for my Savior to come again. So anxiously awaiting that I can't sleep. 

If you have ever been around a little one at Christmas time you know that their excitement is contagious. You can't help but to get that tingling anticipation when you see their faces and hear their tales of what's to come. As Christians we should be that way. We should be overjoyed at the prospect that soon He is returning and telling everyone who will listen about what's to come. And the happiness that knowing that brings should be evident in all of our ways. 

So on this 95 degree day in June I dare you to look deep inside to see that joyful anticipation of a child on Christmas Eve. I encourage you to think about Paradise and what the returning of Jesus means for us. I invite you to join me while I bask in the loveliness of the life to come, praising Him all of the way home.