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Day 37, 3-30-23

His Time Had Come

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled…” John 14:1

Forty-Seven years ago today, my mother passed away! It was a very difficult time for me. I had just turned eighteen years old and was in my second year at U.T.E.P. when in a flash she was gone. Oh, I knew my Mom was sick, I even knew that she was dying of cancer; but I really didn’t expect her to die. It was devastating to hear the words “there’s nothing we can do, death has come to her door step. It’s her time” I felt like “what do you mean there’s nothing you can do?” “What do you mean her time has come?” These really weren’t words that I wanted to hear, yet they said them and it happened! My Mom was gone! Dead! Gone! How could this be?

Throughout the Lord’s ministry and life, Jesus was trying to prepare His disciples for His death, yet they too were shocked! They too didn’t want to deal with the fact the His time had Come! Jesus was trying to help them understand that if they trust in the Lord, they shouldn’t have heavy hearts because He comforts us and death isn’t the final word. He has gone to prepare a place and that’s where I want to be.

When I became a Christian, I began to understand what my mother knew; that if you put your trust in Him, though you die, you live! You see not only is Jesus in heaven, but so is my Mom, my Dad, my sister and many more loved ones that I can’t wait to see.

Let God comfort your broken heart from any past hurts you might be carrying. Allow the Lord to minister His healing balm to your wounded heart and know that where He is, you too can be! Rejoice!

Richard A Mansfield

NBC Senior Pastor