A year ago today, my friend Gail went to Heaven to meet Jesus.
It has not been an easy year.
I still miss her so much, and it seems hard still to believe that she is not just a phone call or an email away.
But today, I am just wondering…
What would you do to celebrate your first anniversary in Heaven?!!
Please don't be offended with my crazy theology here! I realize that Heaven does not use our clock or calendar or almanac…God's time is so beyond our comprehension! If a thousand years is as one day to Him, then one year's time must seem like a few seconds at the most. I do understand and believe that!
But for today, I just need to believe that Gail and Jesus might be sitting on the bank of the crystal river, fishing poles in hand, a picnic basket nearby and a choir of angels with banjos and fiddles performing in a heavenly bandstand behind them, while Gail keeps times by splashing her toes in the water.
Just for today…that's what I need to think about; because when I think about her not being here it still hurts too much.
One year in Heaven…I know she must be having the time of her life; because really, when we arrive there, we will begin truly living for the first time in our lives!
Sing His mercy and His grace;
In the mansions bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
Clouds will overspread the sky;
But when trav’ling days are over,
Not a shadow, not a sigh.
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
Trusting, serving every day;
Just one glimpse of Him in glory
Will the toils of life repay.
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
Soon His beauty we’ll behold;
Soon the pearly gates will open;
We shall tread the streets of gold.
When we all get to heaven,
What a day of rejoicing that will be!
When we all see Jesus,
We’ll sing and shout the victory!
"When We All Get To Heaven" by Eliza E. Hewitt, 1898
Obtaining Mercy 
So hard to celebrate the glory our lOved ones know in heaven when our loss is so sore.
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thanks, Tina…and {{{hugs}}} back to you, too, my friend!
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awww so sorry for your deep loss, it’s so hard, but I really like your thoughts that she is fishin’ with Jesus and listening to the angels music! 🙂 Why not?
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