Speaking with someone close this morning I heard quite a bit about how many people have died just this year. It seems cancer or other things have taken an unusual toll, and I would not be surprised if people reading this would agree with their own personal examples.
Here is how I responded:
A story is a wonderful thing.
When you are finished reading it, the book does not vanish.
When you have finished the last word, you do not instantly forget the story.
It becomes part of you and all that you do.
If this is true with stories, how much more with human souls? People we have lost live on through our hearts. This is a shadowy reflection of a truth concerning how souls live on in eternity. How could we still feel the pull of the bond of love if there was nothing tied to the other end? Paul was so right in scripture on how there is great hope and comfort in understanding this, but the things I speak of confirm the truth of it.
A seed has short life. That life must die before it sprouts into a tree. From the tree comes more seeds of the one and increases that life exponentially. How much more then will our lives be perfected and increased in Heaven?
Life is beautiful here, but there is more to come!
A seed has short life. That life must die before it sprouts into a tree. From the tree comes more seeds of the one and increases that life exponentially. How much more then will our lives be perfected and increased in Heaven?
Life is beautiful here, but there is more to come!
