She was behaving perfectly. Sitting still, drawing on her paper, whispering her questions, and playing games on her daddy’s iPhone. But after an hour of this it was getting a bit old. The graduation ceremony had about thirty more minutes of ‘things’ that needed to take place. And for a three year old that was almost unbearable. Then relief came in the form of a video presentation of the graduates. There were seven in total and pictures from all ages in their life splashed in the screen. Braelynn’s attention was captured again. However, when the presentation was over, so was she. It was at this point she turned to her daddy and loudly whispered, “Hey, can we get out of here now?”

Of course, I and the other ladies in front of us muffled our laughs as best we could but there was no denying that we were tickled. What made it funnier was Braelynn’s expression; she had that ‘what did I say?’ look on her face. Finally, daddy gave in and took her to the foyer. I have told that story several times since then and this morning as I was thinking about it for the twentieth time I was captivated at the thought of her words. ‘Can we get out of here now?” That is what my heart is saying to my Soon Coming King. Every day the news is flooded with horrific stories of death, wars, destruction, and hopelessness. You will hear a story today and wonder if you have ever heard anything so tragic and then tomorrow you will hear another story that pales in comparison. This is when my heart cries out all the more, ‘Come Lord Jesus come!’ Just as Braelynn knew her daddy would ‘get her out of there’ so we have this hope with our Heavenly Father. We stand on the promise of His word that He will return and take us to a place that will defy imagination. John 14:1-3 reads, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” And I Thessalonians 4:16-18 says, “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” YES...we can ‘get out of here’!

 

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