It’s Friday and time for another link-up with the Gypsy Mama for Five Minute Friday. Friday is a time when “we write for five minutes not worrying if everything is just right.” If you would like to join in CLICK HERE.
Today’s Prompt: Good-bye
I’ve never cared for good-byes. Airports are bittersweet for me. I love watching reunions but I hate seeing the good-byes. Saying good-bye to my mom when she died was the hardest good-bye I’ve ever had to say. And yet,at the same time, it was also the most hope-filled goodbye I’ve ever experienced. I once shared the good-bye note my mom left us when she died. You can read that post here.
The portion of the note that I can repeat by heart are the last three sentences.
I am not alone. I have crossed over from death to life, and at this very moment, as you read these words, I am with my Savior, our Lord Jesus.
I’ll be waiting for you here.
I am thankful that, in Christ, good-byes are only temporary. The waiting is hard some days, but the hope we can grab hold of while we wait brings so much comfort and peace.
I love the song you mentioned!
And indeed – thank God our good-byes are temporary!
It IS a great song! Thanks for stopping by, Zee.
now why do you have to make me grab a box of tissue Eileen…
Here is to the Waiting.
God Bless.
Sorry, Arny. Hope-filled and waiting with you! 🙂
i cannot imagine saying goodbye to my mom…although i know the day will come. but what a gift to have a note from her… with those precious words!
Thanks, Dawn. The note is definitely one of those gifts that keeps on giving!
It doesn’t get easier does it? I don’t think it’s supposed to. We do have so much hope, knowing we’ll be united to our dear ones again, it eases the pain a bit. We weren’t made for separation though. I appreciate your heart-felt words.
Thanks, Beck. I agree. Loss is not something we “get over”. It becomes a part of who we are and continues to shape us into the person God desires us to be. The most beautiful lesson to me has been that God has a way of allowing joy and sorrow to coexist…and it’s okay. God promises to be there through it all!
OK this post made me have tears (HUGS) thank you for sharing your GOODBYE story!
Thankful for that hope that brings comfort and peace, too, Eileen. Happy Friday!