One Conscious Hour Not Influenced by the Lord’s Return?

We are almost done with our women’s study on 1 & 2 Thessalonians (“Living the Gospel to the End” by Kathleen Buswell Nielson—if you’re not familiar with all of her excellent, gospel-centered, rigorous Bible studies, I encourage you to get to know them!) …

And I have to say, I am much more mindful of Christ’s imminent return than I was before we began the study.

Still, this quote from the IX Marks blog set me back on my heels simply because of the depth of love and devotion to Christ (and confidence in the Lord!) that it reflected:

“I do not think in the last forty years I have lived one conscious hour that was not influenced by the thought of our Lord’s return.” Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

Simply astounding, don’t you think?

Oh, that I would move in that direction in my thinking and living …