This Day.

Isaiah 25:8-9
8 He will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The LORD has spoken.

9 In that day they will say,

“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the LORD, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”

I have a picture in my head about what heaven will be like. It's going to be SO good! I have a hard time waiting. :) I'm especially reminded of it on days like today-when I remember people I love who are already there.
I think too often my response to death is to be sad and reflective. (Not that that isn't an appropriate response..) I respond that way for different reasons, but mainly because this person who meant something to me is now separated from me, and it's a big deal. Because I had something taken away from me that I wasn't ready to give up yet, and now everything has to be different and go on without them. It doesn't feel good.

I'm slowly learning how to rejoice in the Lord's salvation with this kind of thing..(I think.)I will never understand the depths of what we have been given, or the ways that my life is different because of the Lord's hand working in it. I don't take advantage of these things enough. And I mean, I still have a lot of questions and I definitely don't really understand why certain things have to happen. But I do know that the Lord is good, and that He causes all things to work together for my good.
Yes. Surely this is our God. We have trusted in him, and he has saved us!

I'm real excited for the day when my family gets to do stuff all together again.



Like, really excited.