The Sky: Alma L. Carr-Jones

Do you remember when you were a child that

You would lie down on the grass with your hands

Behind your head and look up at the sky so blue

Do you remember how fascinating

The sky seemed to you?

Remember how you could find different shapes

Among the fluffy majestic looking clouds

Well, have you ever pondered as to why the sky

Held and still hold such attraction to your eye?

As I was reading a passage this morning in Acts

I was held spell-bound by one undeniable fact

And that is that JESUS is not the only one

To tell of HIS returning visit on a cloud

But that the angels said the same words

To JESUS's disciples out loud.

Look at the passage that is listed below

And see if you don't find what I said to be so

For you will find that Acts 1:9-11

Points your mind to the sky and Heaven.

Who knows, one of these days you may

Be looking at the sky to behold a cloud formation

That cannot escape your eye

And can you imagine the wow factor that will

Hold you entranced

As that cloud formation toward you advanced?

And better still, what would you think if you

Saw a figure standing upon the cloud

With a regal air, looking proud?

Would you think to remember that a coming

Back on a cloud was foretold

And would you hope that your life

Was not dross, but gold?

Just a little thought that wrapped itself

Around my mind as I walked through

The first chapter of the garden of the

Book of Acts, just a sweet reminder of

An undeniable fact

That one day, our LORD and SAVIOR

For you and me, is coming back!

And if you are like most folks, when

You go back outside again

Your eyes are going to want to study

The sky for a little bit as you recall

A little poem that you read that

Reminded you of a coming rollcall.

Do you know HIS voice and would

You know what to do

If JESUS came back on the cloud today

And called for you?

I am not a child anymore, but I dare say that

I will not soon forget this sweet little poem of mine

And when I go outside, what am I going to do,

Look up, fellowman, and probably so will you.©

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Acts 1:9-11 NASB

⁹ And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up, out of their sight.

¹⁰ And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, then behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them,

¹¹ and they said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”

 

Be safe.

 

Walking by faith,

Alma L. Stepping On Carr-Jones