Welcome.

Trekking through the “down seasons” of life can sometimes make any of us shake our heads that we really shouted for joy at the chance to have this mortal experience. But alas! Scripture tells us that we did. Should our pre-earth life vision be restored, we would no doubt perceive with clarity our anticipation and excitement at having a shot at an earthly experience.

But some of those positive and happy feelings can wane a bit or a great deal down here on planet earth when things take a south turn – or many such turns.

When we are down, Satan seems then to especially kick us. Sometimes very hard. Often very relentlessly. Those times can feel particularly hopeless, desperate, fearful, and even impossible.

My message today at Untoalltheworld is this: there is hope, there is peace, there is joy on the other side.

So keep going.

Keep working through the mess.

Through the Satanic lies.

Through the struggle.

Through the darkness.

What waits on the other side – gifts from God, not counterfeits and distractions from the Devil – are often beyond comprehension and more glorious than imagination could envision.

On the other side.

That’s where God’s gifts are.

After you’ve let Him guide you there.

I’ll share an example from my own life.

I got a really sweet text message the other day from someone within family circles. It read: “…Merry Christmas!” followed by “Love you” followed by a smiley emoji.

I gasped.

I checked to make sure the “Love you” message wasn’t erroneously sent to me, thinking that perhaps the person meant it for my husband, but no, it was to me. Just me.

I immediately recognized it as an “other side” gift from God. And I felt so thankful.

For nearly eleven years, our relationship has been a struggle. It’s just been tough from the get go. Our personalities are very different, and my approach hasn’t always been tender and yielding. I can come across as tense, forthright, abrasive, and less loving than I hope to be.

The worst part, though, is that I’ve allowed Satan to keep me on the wrong side all these years. He’s appealed to my pride and victimhood, and it’s worked. Until I decided I was done. I petitioned God for help. I told him if He would send the Holy Ghost to give me promptings, I would follow them – every single one – and the rest was up to Him.

He kindly took me at my word and started sending His mailman to give me promptings. Sometimes I hated to follow them, but it’s important for me to keep my word, so I did what I was prompted to do, and my heart started to change.

Truly he worked it – one prompting at a time.

Now, I’m on the other side, and already it’s so much sweeter, so much less guilt, lighter shoulders, and a happier heart.

Satan flat out lied. He kept me in misery by jabbing at me to stay on the side of pride, victimhood, and disengagement.

But he is at a disadvantage nowadays.

I’ve discovered what’s on the other side.

And…

Unto all the world: it’s more glorious than you can imagine!