Monday, August 1, 2011

As I walked into Mom's room this morning, she was sound asleep, so I just sat in the chair next to her bed and spent some time praying for her.  When her roommate came in, she informed me that they had just had Mom up sitting in a chair for an hour or so, so she was very tired. 
Time passed and Mom woke up and we talked together.  She said that she was thankful that she could see the sky out her window (I took a picture of it for you), and that last evening, even though she couldn't see the sun, she could tell that the sun was getting lower in the sky because the sky was turning a deep, dark, rich blue.  As she lay in her bed looking at the sky, she wondered what it might be like when she first got to heaven ... as she got close ... would it be something like what she saw out her window?  That at first, she may be coming around a corner  and not yet able to see the brilliance of the face of God, but instead, see a bright radiance like the sky outside her window, and then to be able to draw closer and round that final corner and to finally see the radiance of His face ... face to face ... as she was reflecting on that scene, she said that she could see in her mind's eye, that she was standing in church with many, many people, raising their hands and singing hymns of praise to God like, "When by His grace I will look on His face, that will be glory, be glory for me!" 
We talked some more about the things that go through her mind ... conversations she would like to have with people ... and then she told me that last night, she felt everything around her just seem to close in on her and felt like it was an evil darkness ... but she just "rebuked that in Jesus' name" and she sensed a real closeness and warmth and peace of Jesus with her ... that Jesus has right there beside her ... Then I told her that that was such a beautiful answer to prayer, because that was exactly what I had been praying for her to sense ... and many, many people were lifting her up in prayer.
A doctor came in to see her, and she commented on the amazing care she was receiving from everyone in the hospital. The doctor said she was doing well and that she could leave as soon as she was strong enough to walk.  He said they would have physiology work with her also.  Later, a nurse came in to wash her up, so I took this time to share with you this encouraging update.  Grace and peace to you!