Heaven Is A Beautiful Place
Mothers' Day, yesterday, was a day of grieving and joy. My dad went to be with the Lord face to face with Him in Heaven. I was deeply moved and blessed and loved to be able to be with him through the day before yesterday and experiencing such an incredible love of the Lord as He prepared my dad to be with Him so gently and peacefully until He walked him through the gates of Heaven yesterday morning. Then a precious, quiet time with Ken and my two sons Josh and Jesse and ending the day by skimming through almost 30 years of photos, probably thousands of photos, (if not, pretty close). Boy do I need to start some scrap books!! I was one packrat, but definitely worth it all. Photos of my dad and mom, my sons, Ken and I, family, friends, sports, vacations, certainly a life full of excitement and love as I looked at each of us age and my sons grow from birth though an incredible shared journey of our lives together. And R.S., I was wrong, yes pictures do capture the moments and cherished memories and so worth it!
Heaven
"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy" And Eskimo Proverb
Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." 5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." 6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
Trying to find something to show my experience as I held my dad's hand and listended to his heart, I knew his journey was to this beautiful place.
Video & Song 'Great Is Thy Faithfulness' Fernando Ortega
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5tSJrmhrtcw
(And even though the photos in this video are not my family, it sure represents what I'm trying to say.)
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