----GOING HOME / A Glorious Invitation ~~

---"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you."
---(John 14:3 / BSB) angelwing

--THE moment came at the end of a good day when my dad was in the best of spirits. I'd come a long way home to see Dad in his final days at my brother's home on my parents' farm. We'd spent days visiting and reminiscing. This had been Dad's strongest, most vibrant day since I'd been here.

Aaron, my brother came over late to where I was staying with Mom. He just had to share the news. Dad had seen Jesus. He'd told Aaron, "He was right here in this room! He is here all the time. He loves us so much." Dad could hardly describe the magnitude of His love for us. Dad's face was lit from within. Aaron said Dad looked like a little boy at Christmas, not a dying old man.

Later that night, Dad told Aaron about glimpses of heaven. The beauty was indescribable in human terms; no words approached the glory he saw. Dad spoke of how eager he was to see his parents, and especially his brother. Dad became excited about what was to come. His body too became ready to release his soul. The food of this earth no longer appealed to him. He hungered for something else. He shifted from home care to hospice care.

The less he spoke, the more I clung to that vision of hope. The energy in the room changed. Jesus Himself was here! Heaven is for real! I could feel it! And Dad was on the doorstep, his hand already on the knob. 'Even so, Come Lord Jesus, Come.' ~

--"Lord Jesus, You love your people so much that You sent Your Son so that we will have eternal life. Bless Your Wondrous Name forever! Hallelujah! amen"

--Guideposts/EB~
---"Protector" // Kim Waker-Smith~<https://youtu.be/EzKQm7pu1-U>
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Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]