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Before I post part 2 of ‘The Reality of Heaven’, I wanted to give a special tribute to mothers who have never (or for only a short moment) held their babies physically in their arms before the precious little one departed and returned to Heaven.

The song “A Baby’s Prayer” says it all. And Kathy Troccoli presents it so well at her own site http://www.troccoli.com/videos.htm 

But here’s another person’s visual of the song taken off Youtube. Watch and be blessed!

In a previous post entitled “I don’t want to forget them,” I wrote:  He was here and now is in heaven…… I meditated on the reality of heaven and what it must be like and how wonderful it must be for my son, Jalon Micah.

So,  how did I meditate on the reality of heaven? I’m so glad you asked.

You got it. I read about heaven in the Bible.  I read every passage I could find.  I lingered on verses and imagined my baby in the context of what the verse was saying.

God’s throne is there: Acts 7:49

• Just imagine your little boy or girl stepping foot into the most awesome fairy tale setting with majestic kings and sparkling crowns. Oh, the oos and ahs you could hear their little voices sounding at the splendor of it all.
• Remember the movies ‘Cinderella’, ‘Narnia’, and ‘EverAfter’?
• Remember taking your child to see DisneyLand or DisneyWorld? Oh, the looks on their faces are worth a million words. What a delight!
• Now, I just bet on the goodness of Daddy God making sure there’s a video tape of Jalon’s days there with Him that He’ll play for me when I get there to relive those moments of absolute joy together.  After all, we have all eternity to do so…..no time crunch there, for sure.

There are angels in heaven watching over our children: Matthew 18:10, 14

• I think one of the most comforting things to know in my heart was that God had no intention of Jalon perishing.
• And just as the Scripture says, Jalon had an angel watching over him here on earth. I just know in my heart that same Angel assigned to Jalon was also his personal escort into and around this awesome city called ‘heaven’.

Heaven is where we can rest: Revelation 14:13

• The more I meditated on all the Scriptures about heaven, the more at peace I was in my heart.
• Amazingly, when I was at peace, I could sleep ever so soundly. It was as if the very ‘rest’ of heaven reached down from heaven and touched me.

Heaven is joyful: Luke 15:6-7 and Psalm 16:11

• Before Jalon died he sang a song over and over and over and it went something like this: “O- o-O-o-o-Oh, heaven in my…….HEART!” Well, he was only 2 years old, so the vocal tone wasn’t quite stabilized in development just yet. (Note: Click on the red link  ’ HEART’ above and listen to my remembrance of Jalon’s singing.)
• I imagine Jalon cringing at me [superemotions file="icon_redface.gif" title="Redfaced / Embarassed"] telling about his singing now because I’m sure he’s improved over the years. After all, he’s had angels teaching and demonstrating a more excellent presentation. [superemotions file="icon_razz.gif" title="Razzberry"]

Your thoughts?            

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