Meeting in the Air

I have often gone to the funeral home and witnessed the pain of a family there and thought to myself that if we as Christian people had no hope of a heaven beyond this world how could we ever go on.

The above link called Meeting in the Air will direct you to a song that I just love! I have many loved ones already up in heaven and the older I get the closer I get to being reunited with them!

Today was the day that I signed up for Social Security. I am going to start drawing at age 62 and my first check will come in March. We work and work so hard all of our lives and we pay in to the government and the one benefit of aging is being able to draw some of that money back out and it gives us security.

How about in the spiritual realm? Are we paying into a plan for our future that will give us security and a home forever and ever?

The Bible says this in 1 Timothy 6: 17-19 (KJV)

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

What this is saying is that those who are rich in this world are not to be arrogant or to put their hope in wealth because it is so uncertain. Hope needs to be put in God who provides us with everything that we could possibly need.

We are commanded by God to do good and to be rich in good deeds and to be generous and willing to share what we have.

By doing this we are building on a firm foundation that will give us an eternal home and not just a temporary residence.

Tonight, my mother-in-law is right at death’s door. My husband is there with her now as I type. Granny has been working so hard all of her life not only in earthly ways but in the heavenly way that I speak of. She will soon reap her rewards and live forever and ever!

Our 15 year old grandson will be one of her pall bearers and I could not be more proud of him than I am right at this moment.

He put his siblings to bed tonight as his Mom got called back into work and she also ran by the nursing home to check on Granny and to also make her Dad comfortable as he was sitting there with his Mom.

All of this that I write about tonight is laying up treasure.

Below is the actual picture of Granny’s Bible. She has been in a nursing home since 2010 with Alzheimer’s disease. In her early years there she sat and read from this Bible continuously and also joined in singing of the hymns when churches came to visit. She might not know your name all the time but the words of her precious hymns she never forgot.

She was a testimony to the hope that we have as Christians in knowing our Lord. Where God is……….. there is your hope! Please don’t die without it!