An anniversary

You have been gone one year as of yesterday afternoon.

I think about a talk we had before you left when we were talking about eternity.  I told you I would miss you, but you would not miss me.  You looked confused, and I told you that you are going to a place where time exists no more.  Whether it is 1 day, or 100 years from now, when I arrive - it will be like you just got there and turned around, and there I was - right after you.

Eternity is beyond our comprehension.  We try to understand, but in a world of limits we cannot fathom a limitless existence.

Imagine the ocean.  Water as far as you can see.  So much water, it is immeasurable.

The ocean is eternity.

One drop of water is our life, lived to its fullest.

Eternity is incomprehensible.

It was a year ago you shrugged off the limits of this world.

In this ocean of eternity, not even a drop of water has passed.

You will turn, you will blink, and we will be there.

It is just like when we were children.

Dad always went before us, and secured everything.  We had a place to live, schools  and church to attend,  they were expecting us.  Although we were unable to spend a lot of time with our extended families, we always experienced someone waiting for us, someone excited about our arrival.

How much like Jesus this is.

He left before us, to prepare a place, that where he is, we may be also.

Just one more thing to hope for.

In this year without you, we have shed tears, we truly missed you.

But we have hope - hope we did not understand before.

You will turn, you will blink, and we will be there.