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February 21
Thursday


BETWEEN THE
ETERNITIES

READ:
Hebrews 11:8-16
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These all died in faith,
not having received the
promises, but having
seen them afar off were
assured of them.
__Hebrews 11:13
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In the television western Broken Trail, cowboy Prentice Ritter must provide words of comfort at the funeral of a friend. Uncomfortable in the situation, he quietly says, "We are all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house, birth till death, we travel between the eternities."

In a sense, he was right. We are travelers--pilgrims--in a world that offers no lasting peace or rest. And while there is only one eternity, we travel between eternity past and eternity future, waiting for promises of a home and a hope that will last forever--promises yet to be fulfilled.

In those times of struggle and despair when our pilgrimage of life is difficult, it is helpful to remember that though we are pilgrims who travel between the eternities, we have a Savior who is the Lord and Master of eternity. He has offered us the promise of life with Him forever and has secured that promise with His own sacrifice. This was the promise spoken of by the writer of Hebrews 11:13.

We are locked into the moments and hours and days of life, but we look ahead by faith in Christ. One day, we will experience the promises of eternity when faith will become sight as we see Him. That hope is what lifts us beyond life between the eternities to a joy that is eternal.
__Bill Crowder
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```````````````Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,``````````````````
````````````````Pilgrim through this barren land;``````````````````
````````````````I am weak, but Thou are mighty,``````````````````
``````````Hold me with Thy powerful hand. __Williams``````````````
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For time and eternity, Jesus is all we need.

*************Today's Bible Reading __ Hebrews 11:8-16************

8 By faith Abraham obeyed
when he was called to go
out to the place which he
would receive as an
inheritance. And he went
out, not knowing where he
was going. 9 By faith he
dwelt in the land of promise
as in a foreign country,
dwelling in tents with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise;

10 for he waited for the city
which has foundations,
whose builder and maker is
God.

11 By faith sarah herself
also received strength to
conceive seed, and she bore
a child when she was past
the age, because she judged
Him faithful who had
promised. 12 Therefore from
one man, and him as good
as dead, were born as many
as the stars of the sky in
multitude__innumerable as
the sand which is by the
seashore.

13 These all died in faith,
not having received the
promises, but having seen
them afar off were assured
of them, embraced them
and confessed that they
were strangers and pilgrims
on the earth. 14 For those
who say such things declare
plainly that they seek a
homeland. 15 And truly if
they had called to mind that
country from which they
had come out, they would
have had oppportunity to
return. 16 But now they
desire a better, that is, a
heavenly country. Therefore
God is not ashamed to be
called their God, for He has
prepared a city for them.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Abraham was 75 when God promised him that he would be the
fathr of a great nation (Gen. 12:2-4). Abraham waited 25 years
for the fulfillment of that promise. He was 99 (21:5) and sarah 90
(17:17) when the Lord told them Isaac would be born. __SKT