Step Into His Glory

Today is my Mom's 2nd heavenly birthday.

There have been a few things in life I have frankly told the Lord - I cannot face that.

Losing my Mom was one.

So when the words terminal brain cancer were announced, I was suprised. My heart - though totally broken also simultaneouly confindent that the LORD KNEW ALL ALONG this day would come. And like He always does...He gave strength when I needed it. HIS STRENGTH. Strength coupled with the strange tension of deep sorrow. Oh how He cares about our pain!

Maybe a week before she took her last breath I vividly remember walking by the Grandfather's clock in their house. Time is a funny thing. Can one really measure a lifetime? She was lying in a hospital bed. I was overwhelmed by the thought that I had walked all these years alongside my Mom. As a little girl she held my tiny hand in hers. As a teenager she patiently walked beside me (I'm sure putting up with my attitude and emotions....help us all). As a young mom she encouragingly walked beside me cheering me on in my new role and loving my kids so well. And now, I was walking right beside her up to the very door of heaven. And heaven had never felt so close and so real!!!

That moment I had the thought ... She is about to step into His GLORY!!!!

I was overwhelmed. And this song spilled out. The words were a comfort to me as just days later she would experience it all!

The song is a meager attempt to imagine what it might be like....those first moments our eyes close here and open in heaven. The moment we step into His Glory! Can you imagine what it might be like? Maybe the Light wraps around you like a warm blanket on a snowy day. Maybe laughter is the native tongue. Sometimes I wonder about the music. Here we are confined to mere 12 musical notes, but there? Who knows! I can't imagine how beautiful the music will be.

My Mom KNEW if we believe in Jesus and His amazing sacrifice we can have confidence that one day we will experience the GLORY of God. And I AM confident... in that moment suddenly everything else will pale in comparison.

Some verses that inspired this song....

¹⁶ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

2For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12

I do miss my Mom. I'm sure I will until the day I, too, step into His Glory. But I'm thankful for the Lord's healing work in my life (truly amazing!). I'm thinking of those of you today who are facing HARD HARD things. I'm praying for you! I pray this song would be an encouragment and comfort.

Also... Ill be back here Monday with a song and a challenge :) :) Hope you will join me!

STEP INTO HIS GLORY

This world is but a poor reflection, as though looking in a mirror

the things we see are not as they seem

It’s the invisible that shall endure

If only we could split the heavens wide

We would know the wonder that’s in store

Oh to know the depths of eternity

Jesus is the open door

The day will come I close my eyes

Take a breath and open them to rise

And I will step into His Glory!

Washed with heavens light

My eyes behold the wonder of Christ most magnified

And I will praise His name forever

With all the saints who’ve gone before

Oh I’ll be home that day

When I fly through heavens door

The land that waits is just a breath away for all who shall believe

But til the day we are caught away

Give us strength and hope until we see

How death brings life abundantly

When we trust in Jesus mighty name

Farewell to sorrow; goodbye to pain

For in loss we find everything!

And every painful moment that seems so crushing here

Will vanish in an instant

They will all but disappear

Overshadowed by the laughter, the joy that floods the air

Free to soar with Him forever more

Oh nothing could compare