Imagine a full room of people. They're gathering for an award ceremony and a speech is about to begin. You're walking down the hallway to this room when before you know it, you're escorted into the room and to the very last chair. People are everywhere. You wonder how there is even one chair left, open, and just for you. How do you feel? Maybe you feel awkward and overwhelmed by this. Perhaps you sense everyone's eyes on you. Quickly, you wish you had arrived earlier. Some of you probably would like to run right back out of the room. Picture instead that you are who they were waiting for. The chair was for no other, but you. You came at the right time. Love and joy surround you. There are faces you recognize and some you don't, but there is an excitement in the air. As the presentation starts, your heart fills with gratitude and joy. You love this place, and you are so glad you are sitting in this exact place at that very moment. The world around you disappears. What does this remind you of? Before I started writing, I had no idea what this experience reminded me of. I just knew how I felt the other day when this happened. Of course, God works through our everyday experiences. There is nothing better in this world of sin and pain when we receive glimpses of what heaven is like. You see, there is a place waiting for you in heaven. You will come at the very right time. Our days are numbered and this earthly place is not our final home. Love and joy will surround us and we'll recognize some faces and other's we won't. There will be excitement in the air. This joy and longing for heaven comes to me at funerals most of all. You would think that despair is the most prominent feeling I experience when a loved one or someone I care about dies, but it isn't. I can't wait to be in heaven. So, as I pray for this beautiful soul to be in the loving arms of Jesus, I long for this place of peace, love, and joy. To enter into a place with my loved ones surrounding me and where the pain from this world is washed away, is my deepest longing. There is nothing better to be in God's home with Him. It is what I wait for. Of course there are people of this world I don't want to leave behind when it's my time. There are dreams I still want to experience. But all of that doesn't matter. I wouldn't be carrying that loss into heaven with me. So, I ask you again, what does that chair just for you in a crowded room look and feel like? What does the anticipation of heaven look like in your life? Do you live a life everyday that is preparing for heaven? How is the devil pulling you closer to him? What changes do you need to make? Are you helping others to fall in love with Jesus and long for this place?
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Glenn Gessner
6/2/2018 09:05:40 am
Blessed and beloved ones of God and Mom Mary. I don't know you as a couple but now God has presented you to me as part of my history. One day we will see the God-Family face to face and in God we will see how we all fit together in God's Will. When we love God with all our heart, we truly love each other as God loves us. So we all belong to one another because we all are a thought and act of the God-Famlly's love. Want more of this type in Virgin Mary - Kingdom of the Divine Will. Then scroll down. Divine Will and reflections for month of May. In prayers and love, Glenn, Capuchin missionary.
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