I’m sure my Mom would be glad to know that all those years of piano paid off and I played the piano in church and Bible Study a few times recently.
It’s hard to believe that 12 years ago today my Mom went home to be with the Lord. Memories of that morning flooded into my head at the breakfast table this morning . . . followed shortly by a quick call to my Dad and a quick text to my Aunt Karen.
While I might never know why God took her home to be with Him at that time, because of her death, this morning I was given the chance to one again share the gospel with our girls and talk about what the Bible teaches us about Heaven. Of course there are many opportunities to do this every day, but they know how special my Mom was to me and this day, her birthday and Mother’s Day, our conversations always seem to be richer.
On the way to Bible study this morning Molly, Ashley and I talked about my Mom being in heaven and what exactly that meant for her and for us. My favorite part of the conversation was when Molly said, “Won’t it be great when we are in heaven and we get to meet her?” Tears of joy came to my eyes after that. 🙂 Yes it will!! She also asked if my Mom misses us . . . another chance to share about Heaven and how we will be so focused on God and that everything will be about Him, not us. That one probably went over their 6 and 4 year old heads . . . but a great reminder to me that Heaven is nothing like earth! I’m reminded of Philippians 3:20-21 which says, “But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like His glorious body, by the power that enables Him even to subject all things to Himself.”
During our discussion at Bible Study this morning we were talking about parenting for a minute and the woman across from me mentioned that she still calls her Mom and asks her for advice (and she has kids my age.) It’s hard for me to even imagine that. And while I am so grateful that God has blessed most of my friends and their mothers, hearing things like that sure make me miss mine and wonder why . . . to which I already know the answer . . . it was part of God’s plan for her life and ours.
So with all that said, this week and day have been pretty good. Not too many tears, but many chances to rejoice that she is in Heaven and no longer in pain here on earth!