For a friend...
I am posting this from my personal prayer journal for a friend...It is what Jesus showed me the day that my aunt Helen passed away last August after a battle with cancer.
August 5, 2008
Goodbye, Aunt Helen...
I was in the shower and needed some time with Jesus. I closed my eyes and invited Jesus to take me somewhere or talk to me. He appeared in front of me. It was like he was standing in the middle of space with darkness and stars behind him and around him. Then a woman stepped in beside him. She was wearing a white skirt/blazer combo with a pill box hat. It was Aunt Helen. She was in the dress she is wearing in mom and dad's wedding pictures. She seemed really small next to Jesus. He put his hand on her shoulder. She waved to me and smiled. Then Jesus lifted her up and she became a little girl. He turned and was carrying her so that her chin was resting on his shoulder. She was looking back at me. Then she kind of sat up a little. She smiled again and waved. She was wearing white gloves. Jesus looked back over his shoulder, too and gave me a reassuring smile and nod, then looked at Aunt Helen, smiled and then turned again, continuing to carry her away into the heavens. Aunt Helen started to wave really excitedly with both hands like kids do when they are waving to their families as they pull out for camp on a bus or something. I waved back and smiled and blew her a kiss. She blew kisses back at me with both hands and she said (I could read her lips but couldn't hear her voice) "Carry on!" And I knew she meant to carry on the message of Jesus. I realized that mom was now with me along with Carla and Rick. I knew the whole family was standing with me though I didn't see them all. We were all waving. And we all started telling Aunt Helen we'd see her soon. She nodded and kept waving until she and Jesus became a tiny little white dot in the distance and then disappeared. Then there was flash and some color and then a white stream in the darkness like a shooting star that lodged into the sky...As if God had created a new star for Aunt Helen. I was reminded of when God told Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars. She is certainly one of those spiritual descendants of Abraham. Her faith has been the catalyst for the faith of so many others. Including myself. I am so blessed and thankful to have known and to share kinship with this wonderful woman of God.
Thank you for sharing this with me, Lord!
August 5, 2008
Goodbye, Aunt Helen...
I was in the shower and needed some time with Jesus. I closed my eyes and invited Jesus to take me somewhere or talk to me. He appeared in front of me. It was like he was standing in the middle of space with darkness and stars behind him and around him. Then a woman stepped in beside him. She was wearing a white skirt/blazer combo with a pill box hat. It was Aunt Helen. She was in the dress she is wearing in mom and dad's wedding pictures. She seemed really small next to Jesus. He put his hand on her shoulder. She waved to me and smiled. Then Jesus lifted her up and she became a little girl. He turned and was carrying her so that her chin was resting on his shoulder. She was looking back at me. Then she kind of sat up a little. She smiled again and waved. She was wearing white gloves. Jesus looked back over his shoulder, too and gave me a reassuring smile and nod, then looked at Aunt Helen, smiled and then turned again, continuing to carry her away into the heavens. Aunt Helen started to wave really excitedly with both hands like kids do when they are waving to their families as they pull out for camp on a bus or something. I waved back and smiled and blew her a kiss. She blew kisses back at me with both hands and she said (I could read her lips but couldn't hear her voice) "Carry on!" And I knew she meant to carry on the message of Jesus. I realized that mom was now with me along with Carla and Rick. I knew the whole family was standing with me though I didn't see them all. We were all waving. And we all started telling Aunt Helen we'd see her soon. She nodded and kept waving until she and Jesus became a tiny little white dot in the distance and then disappeared. Then there was flash and some color and then a white stream in the darkness like a shooting star that lodged into the sky...As if God had created a new star for Aunt Helen. I was reminded of when God told Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars. She is certainly one of those spiritual descendants of Abraham. Her faith has been the catalyst for the faith of so many others. Including myself. I am so blessed and thankful to have known and to share kinship with this wonderful woman of God.
Thank you for sharing this with me, Lord!
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