Separation
September 19th, 2008
So… some couples separate – some divorce, and then some marriages end in the death of one of the spouses. Any way you look at it, every single relationship ends in some sort of separation. And Heaven is the only real reunion! That’s a large part of what Heaven is, reunion. Plus it’s reunion in perfection – not only relational, but it’s the (only) perfect environment – free of pain and sorrow. Have you ever thought about how much pain and sorrow stems from relational challenges, many ending in pre-mature or even unneccessary separation? Heaven is reunion in perfection – forever and ever!!! I believe environment has much to do with relationships, be they good or poor. And not only the actual environment, and the perceived environment, but also imagined environment. The cool thing about this imagined environment is that we can imagine a better environment than perceived and/or real, which surely helps to improve our living environment. In other words, we often gravitate towards that which we first imagine. Just think about it. Imagine your relationships, with those whom you love, becoming better and better all the time, and I bet you – in time, those relationships will surely improve!
September 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
I have seen your billboard advertisments on ChatwithHatch, and I have sat here and read each and everyone of your comments and also the responses. This is the most wonderful tool I have ever come across for anyone to be a part of. I have not recently lost anyone, but I did lose my mother nine years ago, and also a brother seventeen years ago. I know grief – it hurts. I’m not sure it’s something you ever get over, but it does seem to get a little easier to deal with. I think of my mother and brother every day. Thank you Hatch for giving the Waco community something this special to turn too.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:26 am
hey there! I am deeply moved by this entry. Being Jewish, I feel as if there’s not a Heaven but that it is a spiritual kingdom where we reunite with God and the angels, but we don’t necessarily call it Heaven.
I am so aroused by the amount of knowledge and insight you possess. I only wish that I perceive these things in such a way.
Any comments? I’d love to hear what you have to say. Goodbye for now, I await your response.
-Z
September 25th, 2008 at 4:14 am
You are sooo right – grief isn’t something you get over… but we can and should not only survive, but (in time) thrive, and maybe we shouldn’t even say ‘in spite of’ – perhaps we should say ‘because of’… Those who have gone on before us have, in a sense, entrusted us to carry on, and we owe it to them, to ourselves, and to those who count on us to carry on, and do it well!
September 25th, 2008 at 4:23 am
You wrote that you’re Jewish, which takes me to the very root of Christianity as I understand it, so in a sense, I feel we’re ‘brothers’. Instead of Heaven, you call it a spirtiual kingdom, which sounds enticing. To me, Heaven also sounds enticing – perhaps they’re one in the same! It’s a relief to me that I don’t have to try to figure it out – I don’t have to try to understand – I simply am invited to believe, which I do – it’s called faith. And by my faith, and God’s grace, I feel ‘saved’ and am counting on going home to Heaven, that spiritual kingdom about which you wrote:)