Heaven

As I am writing this we are in bumper to bumper traffic in Chicago headed back to Wisconsin.  This past week the kids were off school and we took a trip to Virginia to visit Garth’s sister and take the kids to D.C.  We decided to leave at 3 am on Saturday morning and drive straight there.  The whole trip has so many signs of God’s blessing upon it.  We were given money for the trip, a friend donated his suburban, we were able to stay with family the whole time, and while were there, we were given money for gas by a very generous family.  It was a great time of catching up with family and exploring the history of our country.  We took the kids to the Manassas battlegrounds, did two of the Smithsonians, and most of the other monuments and memorials in D.C.

However, on the way there we received word that Garth’s mom was taken to the ER.  Her bone marrow disease is progressively getting worse.  So either today when we get home or tomorrow we will be moving her into a nursing home.  This whole time has brought up discussions of death with the kids and those around us.  I remember as a child sitting in church watching my Grandma up in choir singing a song about Heaven that said something like, “Just think of stepping on shore, and finding it Heaven, of touching a hand and finding it God’s, of breathing new air, and finding it celestial, of waking up in Glory, and finding it Home.”

What a beautiful picture of the life God has prepared for those who love Him.  The most breathtaking sights we see here on Earth that feel like “a little piece of Heaven” don’t even compare to the vast beauty we will experience in Heaven.  The kids are praying for God to do a miracle and heal Grandma Dottie, yet in my heart I feel like I shouldn’t ask for more of the struggles of life instead of the peace of Heaven.  So instead I pray for God’s will.  Pray with us all through this time.

Love you all

Rachel