"Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going."
Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"
I recently went to my 30 year High School reunion. Because of my circumstances with my Mom, I wasn't able to attend as much of it as I would have liked, but I was glad that I got to go to part of it. It was interesting to see how much people had changed and how little they had changed.
I saw one friend that I had lost touch with shortly after graduation and just recently reconnected with over Facebook (I'm finding more people that I had NO idea how to get in touch with - I'm now keeping up with my cousin, who I hadn't had contact with in over 30 years - Facebook is wonderful!) . My friend and I had chatted a few times over FB and I was so happy when she said that things had worked out for them to be able to come to the class reunion. We saw each other and hugged and squealed. We weren't the only ones - you could hear squeals of joy & delight coming from all over the room. So many people being reunited after so many years. I saw another friend that I had not seen since we graduated, we hugged...and squealed. And then we had time to say about six sentences to each other and we both got pulled in other directions. I wish I had been able to spend more time with her.
My reunion made me a little homesick. Oh, not for my youth or school days or the town where I grew up (I'm back in the town where I grew up because my ministry for now is taking care of my Mom), but I got homesick for Heaven. Think about what a wonderful reunion that is going to be!
When we get to Heaven, we'll be with all those who have gone before us who love Jesus and accepted Him as their personal Savior. I feel sure that there will be a lot of hugging...and squealing...and laughter. But best of all we will be in the presence of our Savior, of our God. Oh, what a wonderful reunion that will be!!!
