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Good evening, y’all!

Today, as I was off adventuring in the land of daydreams, I had a thought, and it was such a beautiful one that I wanted to share it.

I started imagining Jesus on the cross, with those scars that weren’t only in His hands and feet, but also in His face–so much so, that He didn’t even look human any more (Isaiah 52:14).

But you know where this thought lead me?

Heaven.

You know, I have two siblings up there that I never got to meet. I have family there, and I have friends and pets there. So to me, this next thought was very comforting.

I imagined Jesus, with His scarred hand wrapped around mine as He led me towards some kind of lake that He wanted me to see (I grew up on a lake, so lakes have always held a special place in my heart). I imagined Him gently placing His hands, rough and scarred, over my eyes and leading me to this special place, and then letting me see the lake. In my daydream, I saw stars twinkling through a light mist over the water, but I know there is no darkness there, so maybe He uses something else in place of stars XD I don’t know. I saw swans gliding across the water, just like in the Swan Lake ballet. Then, as I’m taking this in, He turns to me and steps onto the water, stretching His hands out to me. “Do you trust me?” I heard him ask. Of course I trusted Him. It’s not even a second before I replied that I did, and placed my hand in His. He pulled me onto the waves, which felt so light and smooth as they rippled under our feet. Then, with a tug, instead of walking, we fall. Not like Peter did, but in our own, unique way. We fall far beneath the waves, diving, and Jesus is leading me into the water, which is filled with light from His Father.

I saw all kinds of fish swimming around us–even sharks. See, I love all things aquatic, be it reefs or fish XD I think He would do things like this–maybe not these exactly, but things like this that He knows I would love, because He’s so personal, and He knows each and every one of us intimately.

So I guess I shared that thought to say this: We’ve all lost someone close to us at one point or another. Maybe it was family, a pet, or a friend, but we’ve lost someone. Sometimes it can be hard, struggling with thoughts of “what if they’re all alone and bored up there” or, “It will be forever before I see this person again. Won’t they be sad that I’m not there?” But picture this: The Bible says a day up there is like a thousand here. So by the time you and I get there, they will just be opening their eyes for the very first time. It all happens so quickly. In fact, I told my mom this morning that I think, deep down, we know we weren’t meant for our time to be so short here. That’s why we humans say things like, “Time flies” or, “Blink and you’ll miss it”. I think we all know we weren’t made to live this way originally.

Anyway, if you’ve made it this far into my little message here, then thanks for listening <3

God bless you, and know that you are loved by the very one that formed the galaxies.