Rapture will not stay lest mortals become divine and laws change too much- CS Lewis.
It’s something we don’t really think about rapture will not stay. When the rapture comes it will be seconds in time, possibly even less. If we are not ready, then it will pass us by, there is no second chance, no third times the charm, it will be gone. If you are smart that thought will terrify you. Many people I have talked to say, ‘ya, I’m a good person I know I’m going to heaven,’ but that is not enough. You have to follow God’s laws to the best of your ability and fall on God’s grace for those you seem to keep failing at. Don’t think that God is going to look at you and see that you gave money to a homeless man and say ok fine your in. God wants all of you, all to him, good deeds alone wont squeak you by. Remember Rapture will not stay.

Have you ever noticed that a person can shower you with compliments all day long and then say one nasty thing to you, maybe not even intending to be unkind, and the nasty thing is the only thing you remember?
Isn’t that awful.
The devil really likes to mess with us doesn’t he?
I know maybe 2 people who only ever remember the good things. I wish I was one of those people. To only ever remember the good things you do. Forgetting all of the bad things and moving on without a second thought would be so amazing. Unfortunately, that isn’t the way the real world seems to work. It seems like no matter how hard you try there will always be negative memories. That’s not our fault. The devil brings up negative memories, negative thoughts, and the negative emotions that cause these things. I wish I had some big answer that could help people move on and have fully Sunshine lives, but I don’t. The only answer I can think of is not something you can do, it’s simply somebody you can love. Loving Jesus has been proven to cause people to actively try harder to be better people. Being more like Jesus means there will be less things for you to regret, for us to regret. Jesus lived a guilt-free, Flawless life. In the end Jesus would have had no cause for negative memories or thoughts because He was perfect, that doesn’t mean that every day was perfect, but anything negative that happened wouldn’t have been his fault so the devil couldn’t use those things against Him like, he uses our faults against us. When negatives come your way, remember, you are not alone in your suffering, we have all been there. You are also not powerless to stop it. Pray Jesus’ name over these things and watch your victory come in.

She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.
Proverbs 31:25 NIV
https://proverbs.bible/proverbs-31-25

I have noticed something about people.
A. Everyone has been hurt
B. Most people expect  to be hurt again

Philippians 4:5

When dealing with animals you learn how to read the situation via body language and facial expression; So, people like me who have become adapt to this because of several years of animal training have an automatic sensor that goes off when the body language of another person is negative. You see them acting a little wary and they shift around, or stand a little too firm. Either way, a bell goes off and your mind says, “Careful! She might bite.” Fear and the feeling of being cornered are what cause most animal bites. Slowing your heart rate and reaching out a very gentle, somewhat indirect hand can help calm the nervous animal. Let them come to you, be gentle.
Now you really, really should not place a calming hand on the person’s forehead, or offer the person a treat to settle them down; (trust me. It won’t go well.) But a gentle compliment and a smile can help soothe the standoff-ish animal. I mean person. People expect you want something from them, or you are up to something, because being suspicious keeps you safe; it also keeps you lonely. 
Lots of people are like this. It is not a criticism, I am sure I act this way myself.
Jesus talks a lot about community. To have community you have to be willing to not be afraid and to instead be bold. Be bold enough to share a smile, bold enough to compliment a hair cut, maybe bold enough to hold a conversation. Ask Jesus to help you to not be afraid and to not allow your scars to hold you back.
Don’t worry. Some people will hurt you, that’s a given, and that is on them, not you; but some will be kind and you may make a new friend.
Try to smile more and shy away less. If not for your own sake, do it for the sake of the other people who feel exactly the same way as you do.

You know how we are told to leave the old man we used to be? What if that is a constant thing?
What if we have many many old selves we need to leave behind?
No matter how new we are today there will always be things about us that develop that are sinful and that we need to leave behind.
We are people. We may break one habbit only to develop another. Just because one old self is dead doesn’t mean we don’t have more that need to be abandoned.
Jesus is always there. Helping us and encouraging us to be new in Him.