Dear Young Christian:
I just received word today that a sister in Christ, whom I have known for many years, died last week, and is now, in the language of Scripture, “Absent from the body, and present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).
The thing that is so striking about it is, that she went from the poorest of circumstances to the glory and wonder of heaven. As a young girl, because she was crippled, she was abandoned by her parents and for the rest of her life lived in a facility in one of the Caribbean islands. This facility defies description, along with the heat, the bugs, and the smell. It was hard for me to visit there, although I often did it for her sake.
Imagine going from one extreme to the other. Imagine the joy and ecstasy of the presence of the Lord Jesus, and never to leave it again. Soon we will all be there. “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump” (1 Corinthians 15:52). I, for one, can’t wait!
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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