John 14:33And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:3); 1 Thessalonians 4:1717Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:17); Revelation 5:11-1211And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. (Revelation 5:11‑12)
Once I heard of a little sick child, whose mother was seriously ill; and so, in order that she might have quiet, and that the sick child might be no trouble to her, the little one was taken away to a friend’s house, and placed in charge of a kind lady for a time. The mother grew worse, and at length died. The father said:
“We’ll not trouble the child about it; she is too young to remember her mother; just let her remain where she is until the funeral is over.”
This was done, and in a few days the little girl was brought back to the house. No mention was made of her mother, or of what had occurred but no sooner was she taken to the house than she ran first into one room, then into another, into the parlor, the dining-room, and all over the house, and then away into a little room where her mother used to go to pray alone.
“Where is mother?” she cried. “I want mother!” And when they were compelled to tell her what had happened, she cried out:
“Take me away! take me away; I don’t want to be here without mother.”
It was the mother who made it home to her. And so it is in heaven. It is not the white robes, the golden crown, or the harps of gold, but it is the society we shall meet there. Who, then, are there? What company shall we have when we get there? Jesus is there, the Father is there, the Spirit is there — our Father, our Savior, our Comforter.