Nostalgic

WE had our meeting for my baby's high school graduation. It is going to be a wonderful ceremony, and already, I am tearing up every time I think of it. The little girl I longed for, granted me by a gracious God long after I thought it was a desire I must abandon, and now she is on the edge of the nest, wings flapping. The most important earthly job I was given is nearing an end. I don't think that means my usefulness is over, either to God or to my dear daughter. But I wonder more than I used to what Heaven will be like as the days quicken on my earthly sojourn.

Since God is outside of time, Heaven will be as well. It's hard to know how a timeless being experiences existence. Will our consciousness of what we lived on Earth be gone? Or will we be able to live every moment of our lives simultaneously, or at least be able to recall every second as though it were happening again? I hope so...at least the good parts. It would be so wondrous to relive life with all the pain and sorrow removed. I know I would not be who I am now were that to be how earthly life proceeded, but after all the struggle, pain-free dancing on clouds would be a nice change.


I know God says that in Heaven, our sin will be remembered no more. No more pain, struggles, or tears. I wonder if that includes tears of joy and gratitude for God's gracious protection and guidance as the child of my heart is poised to fly. Raising children is not without heartache. Every mother knows that, but if I had to do it all over again, would I? In a heartbeat.
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Proverbs 22:6 

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

2 Timothy 3:14-15 

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.