Until Then...

The last line in is this:Until then, we live, work, pray, and wait in hope.” The prettiest 'pretty' the most marvelous 'marvel' the most beautiful 'beauty', or most delightful 'delight' ...pales profoundly in comparison with whatawaits believers after this life... *** For believers this world is the worst they will ever see.For unbelievers this world is the best they will ever seeSource for quote unknown*** For divine words to teach us , we humbly hope and plead to Until we joinwill not let faith’s light grow dim what Time was all aboutPray, we commit to, not doubt But until we are serious about knowing God's word Until we , hell waits in every breath And wonder at the One who died to set doomed sinners free Guides and directs, we are Or knock, He will not open eyes to Until then by His counsel live But,and , on our hearts is engraved ... He and and see Him just as He isWe work, pray, wait in hope and © Janet Martin 1 John 3:1-10 BSBBehold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears,  we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as Christ is pure. Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness. But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.  No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous. The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil. Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.  By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God,nor is anyone who does not love his brother. What a hymn this will be! "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty,The One who is and who was []and who is to come,Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.18 The nations were angry, and Your []wrath has come,And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints,And those who fear Your name, small and great,And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”Rom.11:17-18