Our lil'st gent, Scout, has been asking many questions of death and dying these past few weeks... not abnormal..to me anyway. I welcome these conversations, some may disagree... For us, our family, it is just another opportunity to speak truth of the gospel into our gents lives...
Now.. if this were several years ago I would be dwelling on the conversatitons of death.. allowing the anxiety of this consume me and capture my being...as I would be preparing to grieve, once more...
BUT today I celebrate the freedom in Christ not afraid of death by remembering this is not our home..
So this brings me to Scout and I's conversation today...
Scout:"Mama, we won't be here in 3 days"
me: "Oh, where are we going?"
Scout: "Me and You are going to die in 3 days.."
Me: "Well, where did this come from?"
Scout: "Jesus told me that."
Me: "Well buddy, we better make sure we are ready! I cannot wait to see Jesus face to face.."
Scout: " Yea, me too!"
.....it was yet, another gentle reminder that "we are en route to Heaven" and we are to be preparing our hearts to see Jesus face to face...
I close this up with a thankful heart and a renewed vision of this life being a simple vapor...my troubles are "mere troubles" and my hurts are "mere hurts" and He, the one we are waiting for, HE is faithful and good...may I travel strong and love well...
" But our citizenship is in heaven and I eagerly wait a Savior from there, Jesus Christ."
Phil. 3v20
Thankful,
Chele
Just beautiful... I am thankful for this reminder today. Death for a Christian doesn't mean the end of life, but rather the beginning. It's such a beautiful, wonderful, gracious gift of God...and I'm praying I can see it as a child does--not something to be feared, but to be in anticipation about and in preparation for. Thank you for this post! And for being the wonderful, godly woman that you are. You are loved -Liz
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