My Ticket

I am in the airport on my way to meet my husband in Chicago! He has to go there for work and I'm going along for a vacation! If you know me at all you know that I am organized, follow all the rules, and like to plan ahead. So, I arrived at the airport 1 hour and 45 minutes before my flight. I don't have any bags to check in since Bill took it with him so it was just me and my purse and computer (and my kindle, jewelry, umbrella, sweater, maps, cameras, and my glasses-all the necessities!) I breezed through security and made my way to my gate...to find out that my flight is delayed due to weather somewhere else! So, I went back out and got some dinner and drank a coffee and read some and now I am back at my gate (after going through security again) just sitting and waiting and waiting and waiting because we will be delayed for 2 hours! This is difficult for me because it is not going according to plan-I will have 15 minutes to catch my connection if all goes as planned. But there isn't anything I can do about it so I have to let it go and just enjoy the ride. I can let it bother me and take the joy out of the trip or just relax and let it be a learning experience. With God there aren't any mistakes so there is some reason I have to sit in a "holding pattern". (Must be I need some help in the patience department.)

 But I digress from what I really wanted to talk about and that is my ticket.

I had to have a ticket to take this trip. My ticket is what got me through security and my ticket will get me on my flight and to my destination. If I didn't have it I would be stuck on the outside looking in.

Isn't that how it is with Heaven? If you don't have a "ticket" you won't be allowed in. So, you might be saying what kind of ticket do I need to get in to Heaven? 

John 14:6

"I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father, but by me."  

Christ told us how in His Word.

All you have to do is accept Christ as your personal Savior-admit you are a sinner, ask for forgiveness of your sins and acknowledge Christ-asking Him to be your Savior-that's it! And, unlike the price of my airline ticket-this "ticket" to Heaven is free! Christ has already paid the admission price by dying on the cross for our sins and being our substitute! How simple and yet how wonderful! I'm so thankful that there is a way for me to be able to spend eternity with my Savior! I have my ticket and I'm ready to go-whenever He comes and announces the departure time with the "Trump of God"! I won't even need an airplane to meet Him in the clouds!

I Thessalonians 4:16-17

 "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

   Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." AMEN!