Home, now and someday, a reflection on 2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Paul's message to the Corinthians and through them to us is a reminder to be (remain?) confident. I'm granting that he wouldn't need to issue this reminder to people that didn't need it.

We're are here, on earth, living our daily lives, existing among some unhappy and some unkind people, witnessing some unpleasant things. As Paul puts it, we are "away from the Lord." That seems to be the human condition many times, many days.

Yet....

We might rather be with the Lord than with these earthly types, but, wherever we are, no matter who is around us, our intention is the same. Paul says, "We aim to please the Lord."

For those of us who like to lean pretty heavily on the "saved by faith," verses, we need to remember that Paul also said that our deeds are important:

For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive recompense for what has been done in the body, whether good or evil, v. 10.

Even if you believe that your deeds will not be judged some day, live as if you did.