For those who don't know, that's a line from the past. Had to do with the guy upstairs removing his boots/shoes just as you drifted off to sleep. The first boot woke you from your sleep, and now you were just waiting for the other boot to drop to the floor so you could get back to sleep. What I have here is a pause while you wait for the other shoe… First and Second Peter are done, but in the meantime, I read a book that has been out since 1996, "Left Behind". What a thrilling end to my…

Peter clears up all those loose ends at the end of Second Peter, Chapter 3. His words are tied to Paul, when he reminds his readers not to forget what Paul had to say. Interesting that someone who was right beside Jesus for three years would think that the words of someone else said it better. What both Peter and Paul wanted us to remember was that not everything will be understandable now. And just because they are not understandable (they don't make sense or defy our logic or we just don't agree with them/it), it becomes easy for people…

Tying up the loose ends has gotten to be difficult. It's like a rope that keeps "undoing" itself – never quite stays together. Here at the end of Second Peter, there is a echo in chapter 3 where verses 9 and 15 talk about how patient God is with us. Now the actual word is that the "Lord" is patient with us. Patient because he doesn't want anyone to "perish" or not be on the list to spend forever with Him. However, it does not say that His patience lasts forever.[more] It does say that He waits for us, but…