A Glimpse of Heaven
When our 2 year old grandson was in the
hospital with double pneumonia (Dec 1989), I was upset and worried about
him. I had spent the night at the
hospital so our daughter & Son-in-law could have a break and get some
rest. I was exhausted, but I could not
go to sleep. I lay down on the couch and
just kept praying for him. A great peace
came over me and I drifted off to sleep.
I dreamed that Dusty died and he landed
in Heaven in a field of flowers next to a tall oak tree. He landed knees gently bent, arms straight
out (like when you catch your balance), his eyes opened wide and he was looking
around in astonishment. My Daddy who had
died in 1955 came walking over to him and took Dusty by the hand. Our golden retriever, Windy who had died in
1983 was bouncing around Daddy and Dusty as they started walking away. Daddy was pointing here and there showing
Dusty Heaven.
When I woke up, I had a great peace because
I knew no matter what happened that Dusty would be OK. He started getting better really fast after
that and was released from the hospital a couple of days later.
God gave me a another
glimpse of Heaven many years later (Nov 1993) and it’s so wonderful there are
no words to explain it.
Other people have seen houses; but I
didn’t. I saw nature and noticed that even the water is alive – It is
so crystal clear and blue that it is breath taking. I was riding
on the bow of a sailboat and it was so serene. Majestic waterfalls,
lakes and streams are serene and make a gentle soothing music of it’s own.
At one point I was under the
water. It was warm, I could breath in the water
and it made me feel totally secure. I felt like nothing could harm me
there.
You think flowers are pretty
here – wait until you see the ones in heaven. Brilliant colors and
the aroma is amazing. They never die even
if you step on them. They actually sing. Can you imagine dancing
through a carpet of flowers that are providing the music you are dancing
to?
Then I was flying over a mountain, down
the side and into a valley. No air plane, just me. The mountains
were covered with all kinds of trees, grass and flowers. There were no
bare spots. And the colors were so clean, bright and vibrant.
Rolling hills in Heaven put the ones here to shame and the trees make the ones
on earth look scrawny.
The feeling of freedom makes the
freedoms we have on earth feel like we are in jail. Our bodies are
limited here but not in heaven. We are free from this skin and
bones. We have a body but it does not
trap us. We still feel, but we
only feel good things like joy and peace, etc.
There is no pain, fear or anxiety, etc.
I know that dieing will be a blessing.
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2 Cor 5:6-9 So we are always confident, knowing
that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to
be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present
or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.
Exo 24:9-10 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab,
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of