My mom’s mother, my grandmother, was welcomed home in heaven Sunday morning. What a reunion it must have been, with all her deceased siblings, parents, and friends! I am very sad at her passing, but I rejoice that she is no longer suffering, but is in her eternal body that knows no pain. As we said our final goodbyes, there was prayer, worship, and hugs.
As we said goodbye, I was filled with wonderful memories of my grandma. Of the dresses and Halloween costumes she sewed for me. Of the dinners shared. Of birthdays celebrated. And mostly of the love shared.
Her death has made me question the legacy I want to leave one day. Is it a legacy of love? What sort of memories? Going even further into my questioning, What lessons to I want to teach others with my life? What kind of example do I want to be? Heavy questions, but God can handle heavy questions. He’s one big God.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn* the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:16-17
Through Jesus, we find our hope, so that when a loved one dies, ne needn’t despair. As she passed, the tears came. And as the tears came, hope in Christ dried them up.
I challenge you, dear reader, to live your life with this hope. Make your decisions with this in mind, that your hope is in Christ, your life, breath, and being. All you have and all you are is in Him. Act as such and place your trust in Him.
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