Good bye is so final. It can bring pain, closure to a season, freedom to an area of your life. Today, as I sit by the beach, listening to the waves crash on the shore, I am taking time to say goodbye to my Nana Grace. She passed suddenly last week. I wasn’t in a position to fly back and join family as they gathered to celebrate her life earlier this week so I am taking time now to reflect and take a moment. I had visited with her when I travelled to New Zealand last November, I knew it may be the last time I would see her, I understood she had lived a long life (she was 89), but as I sat in my home and knew the family were gathering, I was heartbroken that I was not saying my goodbye with them. It felt so final, and it was, but doing it alone was hard.
But our goodbye, although painful for me and my family, is my Nana Graces’ freedom. She has gone home to be with the God she loved, no more pain and heartache, no more tears. She will be dancing and rejoicing. So although I spent a lot of time crying a few days ago, today I have written a letter to say how I miss her, but I sit here content knowing how happy she will be. I am sad I won’t get to hug her again or hear her chuckle over the phone, or be able to pray with her, but I get to keep those things in my heart. She encouraged me to pray for family, to talk to God about them and their needs. I know she did that for them and for me while she was with us. For me, knowing she had a personal relationship with Jesus changes how I see her future. It brings peace to me as I know one day I will see her again.
Can I encourage you today to take a moment and check your heart and it’s connection to a God that loves you. Have you made a personal decision to allow Him in and have a relationship with you? It’s a simple prayer if you haven’t.
Dear God, today I come before you, I am sorry for the things that I have done or said that have kept me at a distance from you. I ask that you would forgive me. From today, I want to know You, to share my heart with You, to grow closer to You. Help me do that. Amen.
If you said that prayer, that’s awesome! If you didn’t that’s okay too. Either way I am praying for you and want to thank you for taking the time to share with me how I am feeling today. If you have had to say good bye to someone you love, I am sending big cyber hugs your way.
Love A x
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