OUR DAILY BREAD             Tuesday, June 20, 1995   
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READ:   1 Corinthians 15:35-49

        
                DIRTY WINDOWS

     "If we believe that Jesus died and
     rose again, even so God will bring
     with Him those who sleep in Jesus."

                   - 1 Thessalonians 4:14 

The Shepherd's Home in Wisconsin has a problem with
dirty windows.  Although many of its residents are
severely disabled, they love Jesus and understand
that He has promised to return someday and give them
new bodies.  "Every day," said the superintendent, 
"some of them go to the windows and press their noses
against the glass, looking for Him."

The expectation of those precious people is genuine.
Their irreversible mental and physical limitations
fuel their longing for the day when they will be 
perfectly whole and free.

The Holy Spirit enables us to keep alive that same
hope.  And it is a sure hope because it rests on 
two events, one past and one future -- the resur-
rection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Cor. 15:20),
and the reality that He will return to this earth 
someday (1 Th. 4:13-18).  Paul united both truths in
today's key verse (v. 14).

When the going gets tough, we must resist the 
temptation to give up on life, or to find morbid 
pleasure in complaining.  Instead, we must stay
obedient to the Lord, renounce sin, and keep our
eyes on the future (1 Cor. 15:33-34).  Then we can
rejoice in the certainty that in the world to come 
our painful trials will be no more.

Let's keep looking for Christ's return.

                                -- Dennis J. De Haan

        One day at death or Christ's return
        We'll shed this earthly life of care;
        And we who've known and loved the Lord
        Will in His perfect likeness share.

                                -- DJD

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             THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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         The greatest joy on earth is  
         the clear prospect of heaven.
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 79-81

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