A Heavenly Lesson

Heaven. Lately my family has been talking a lot about heaven. My sweet daughter really wants to know what heaven is like. The questions hit me out of no where, too. Often times I just don’t know what to tell her. I bought her a book, What about Heaven? She loves the book, so we read it often. I love that the book has the Bible references in the back of it for me. Finding this particular book was an answer to my little one’s prayers; she actually prayed asking God to tell her more about heaven. That very same day I found this book! God answers prayers! This book has been a great tool to teach my daughter about heaven, but she keeps on asking me about it. I have been thinking about what God wants me to learn from talking about heaven so much.

Heaven is a difficult topic for me to discuss. Besides the fact that I have never actually been to heaven so describing it is a little challenging, I also don’t really want to talk about it. My mother died suddenly of a heart attack five years, which, of course, is why we talk about heaven so much. My sweet little girl never had the chance to meet my mother and wants to know more about her. When we talk about relationships in families, she always wants to know about my mom – understandably. I just don’t have all of the answers. I wish I did because maybe I would have a little bit of comfort myself.

I have not done a Bible study on the end times or Revelation, so my knowledge is pretty limited in this area. So this little book that God gave me for my daughter has actually been a comfort for me. The Bible references in the back of the book really bless my heart. One of my favorites is:

but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31Isaiah 40:31
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31 but those who wait for Yahweh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

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I love knowing that my mother is no longer in pain as she was when she was on this earth. She was full of energy and life, but her earthly body didn’t let her do everything that she wanted to do. I know that in heaven that potential is realized! My mother is in a better place and in a better body. She is not sick, and she is joyful. What good news!

What is God teaching me and my children as a result? Since He is taking care of my mom, I can trust that He is taking care of me and my family. He has opened a window of opportunity for me to talk about Him with my children (and with lots of other people) since my mother’s death is an integral part of my testimony. He is holding my hand as I deal with day-to-day mothering without my own mother. I am starting to feel at peace with the idea that my mother is not with me here on earth.

So what do I tell me daughter? I want to encourage her that God loves us so much that He wants to be with us always and forever in a beautiful place called heaven. In heaven He makes us all well, including my mother. I also need to share the good news with her that Jesus told us ‘…I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’ John 14:6John 14:6
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6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

I think singing and talking about the song, You Can’t Get to Heaven on Rollerskates is a way to share the good news with her, too. When we die we go to heaven, a truly glorious place, if we believe that Jesus is our best friend forever. Hearing her say that she wants Jesus to be her best friend forever would be a taste of heaven for me!

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