“Can you lose someone if you know where she or he is?”

I have kept going back to this statement I read in Don Piper’s book, 90 Minutes in Heaven. It has prompted me to reflect on those we (you and me) have loved or didn’t have the chance to love who now are with our Lord. Those we’ll be with for eternity in just moments actually.

Of course, only God knows the names, but it has caused me to reflect on who might be waiting for my arrival aside from our Lord and who I’d like to be waiting for me. I know that God has blessed me with unbelievable grace and mercy even accepting me as His son to occupy one of His many mansions He has prepared. That’s not bragging mind you, just an affirmation of the truth our Lord said to those of us who believe and give testimony to the truth.

They cannot be lost to us since they are waiting for us.

I wonder who will be first in line. Will it be my sister? Will it be the young mother I wrote about in my Walmart Encounter? Will it be my older brother who died at the age of 10 days or one of my parents? Could it be someone, in my pride, I would have never thought would ‘darken the door’? Could it be additional children I didn’t know about because of miscarriages? Could it be someone thankful for the work God has graciously given me to do?

I don’t know, but I can’t wait.

Blessings.

March for Life – January 19th

I have to tell you that I am so excited about the opportunity to join with at least 1500 other pro-life men, women and children who have something to say to the community about the sanctity of human life.

Our belief in the preciousness of human life will be on display and implicit will be our ‘marching shout’ that God is the giver of life and that we should [all] experience it to the full as life givers and not takers. John 10:10 has it right. Jesus said, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” In this march we stand for something – life! We refuse and refute the alternative.

So, this is just a short encouragement to you to join us at 9:30 in St. Augustine’s Cathedral Hall for prayer before we march to Holy Hope Cemetery at 10:30. There will be a very special memorial service beginning at 12:30 PM at Holy Hope remembering all those who lost their lives to abortion and praying for those grieving the loss of a child or children to abortion.

Parking will be available at both sites and transportation will be available if necessary from the cemetery back to the Cathedral after the service. Water and ‘facilities’ will be available at the cemetery.

Hope to see you there. Please join with me.

Blessings.