One of the best
things about Heaven is that we will be able to reunite with loved ones who have
already passed on. It will be the greatest family reunion we’ve ever known,
with our loved ones, relatives and ancestors all together in one place at the
same time, rejoicing. All together at last!
DBB
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Very often people
come to me and say: “Mr. Moody, do you think we shall know each other in
Heaven?” Very often it is a mother who has lost a dear child, and who wishes to
see it again. Sometimes it is a child who has lost a mother, a father; and who
wants to recognize them in Heaven. There is a verse in Scripture in answer to
this, and that is: “We shall be satisfied” (Psalm 17:15). It is all I want to know. My brother who went
up there the other day I shall see, because I shall be satisfied. We will see
all those we loved on Earth up there, and if we loved them here, we will love
them ten thousand times more when we meet them there.
Dwight L. Moody
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After death we
are not disembodied spirits. Somewhere in God’s wonderful creation there is a
place where we can again be with those we have loved and lost for a while.
CLA
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“All love is of
God,” the Apostle John reminds us, and because love cannot be buried in a
coffin, the beautiful but broken relationships of Earth are resumed in the
Father’s home above where, as members of the same family, we dwell together in
perfect harmony.
H. Lockyer
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Excerpt of a letter from Ben Franklin to the widow of his brother John,
Feb. 22, 1756
Dear Child,
I condole with
you. We have lost a most dear and valuable relation, but it is the will of God
and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter
into real life: ’tis rather an embryo state, a preparation for living.
A man is not
completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is
born among the immortals? A new member added to their happy society?
That bodies
should be lent to us is a kind and benevolent act of God. When they become
unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure - instead of an
aid, become an encumbrance and answer none of the intentions for which they
were given - it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which
we may get rid of them.
Death is that way. … Why should you and I be
grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him.
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THE BEYOND
It seemeth such a
little way to me,
Across to that
strange country, the Beyond;
And yet, not
strange, for it has grown to be
The home of those
of whom I am so fond;
They make it seem
familiar and most dear,
As journeying
friends bring distant countries near.
And so for me
there is no sting to death,
And so the grave
has lost its victory;
It is but
crossing with abated breath
And white, set
face, a little strip of sea,
To find the loved
ones waiting on the shore,
More beautiful,
more precious than before.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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If you have a
dear one in Heaven your heart yearns to see, do not despair, for you will meet
again. The voice you loved to hear, you will hear again. The identity of the
one you were near to on Earth remains the same, and instant recognition will be
yours as you meet, never to part again. Your beloved one is only “lost awhile.”
H. Lockyer
There are no
“good-byes” in Heaven.
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I am not resigned
to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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MY DREAM OF HEAVEN
What Heaven is, I
know not; but I long have dreamed of its purple hills and its fields of light,
blossoming with immortal beauty; of its brooks of laughter and its rivers of
song and its palace of eternal love. … I long have dreamed of opal towers and
burnished domes; but what care I for gate of pearl or street of gold, if I can
meet the loved ones who have blessed me here, and see the glorified faces of
father and mother and the boy brother who died. … What care I for crown of
stars and harp of gold if I can love and laugh and sing with them forever in
the smile of my Savior and my God.
Bob Taylor
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