Yesterday my dear friend Juanita's Mom passed away. She had suffered for so long and was separated from her husband of 67 years when she was confined to live in a Nursing Home some months back. She never complained. She was joyful!! She knew Jesus!!
Hearing the news of her passing brought back memories of my Mom's passing. Though Juanita and my Mom never knew each other, they are both now rejoicing in Heaven. No more pain, no more sorrow...
I remember when my Mom passed almost 7 years ago (and a little over a year later my Dad), thinking, what do people who don't have faith in God, who don't know the promise of eternal life in Heaven, how do they get through the grief? What do they do without the HOPE of tomorrow...
Both Juanita and I had the priviledge of being raised in Christian homes. Our lives followed many similar paths, yet also very different paths. There was a common thread, Jesus. The thread that holds everything together. John 3:16 For God so loved the World, that He gave His one and only Son (JESUS), that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life! A Bible verse so many of us learn in Sunday School, so many of us have memorized this verse, but do we really get it? Read it again, and again, and again... WOW!!! If you haven't done so already, claim that verse - believe - ask Jesus into your heart. Confess your sins, and follow Him! Heaven is real... I look forward to the day that I join my parents and so many others who have gone on before me... Today the Victory is Bonnie's - she has earned her reward and is resting in the comfort of the arms of her Lord and Savior!
So today I pray for comfort and strength for my friend Juanita, her Dad and the rest of the family as they celebrate the life of her Mom, as they deal with the grief that separation brings, and I am so thankful and praising God that one day there will be a Heavenly Reunion, in His time...
Amen!
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