Angels....
In 1990 I was living in Grayton Beach two doors from the cafe and had decided to go to the cemetary in Tennessee where a beloved of mine is buried. It was an anniversary date that we shared....and I just felt the need to be there. He had only been "gone" for 7 months and my heart ached. I stopped half way and spent the night with my parents, who were renovating a historical victorian home. My Mother told me she did not feel good about my going. But, I said I needed to and I would be getting up around 5:00 a.m. to leave by 6:00.
About an hour before my alarm went off I was awakend by a gentle voice calling my name. I looked towards the corner of my bed and saw a Male Angel approximately 13 feet tall. He was so beautiful and filled with light. He asked me, "Why do you seek the living amongst the dead? He is not there."
My eyes gently closed and I went back to sleep. My alarm did not go off and when I awoke my mother was sitting on the bed looking at me. She said that she at been awake since 4:00 a.m. and would do anything to keep me at their home. I told her about the angel and we both hugged and cried. Her arms around me were just what I needed to ease my pain.
I had never really thought about that scripture...at least not the way I have after that early morning encounter. But I came to realize the living are not with the dead....which are just the remains of our outer body. He is not in the ground. And I do not need to be in a cemetary to be near him. Of course that has not kept me from visiting it from time to time to honor his burial spot. We put bird seed in the angels hands on the stone instead of flowers.........big sigh.
In 1990 I was living in Grayton Beach two doors from the cafe and had decided to go to the cemetary in Tennessee where a beloved of mine is buried. It was an anniversary date that we shared....and I just felt the need to be there. He had only been "gone" for 7 months and my heart ached. I stopped half way and spent the night with my parents, who were renovating a historical victorian home. My Mother told me she did not feel good about my going. But, I said I needed to and I would be getting up around 5:00 a.m. to leave by 6:00.
About an hour before my alarm went off I was awakend by a gentle voice calling my name. I looked towards the corner of my bed and saw a Male Angel approximately 13 feet tall. He was so beautiful and filled with light. He asked me, "Why do you seek the living amongst the dead? He is not there."
My eyes gently closed and I went back to sleep. My alarm did not go off and when I awoke my mother was sitting on the bed looking at me. She said that she at been awake since 4:00 a.m. and would do anything to keep me at their home. I told her about the angel and we both hugged and cried. Her arms around me were just what I needed to ease my pain.
I had never really thought about that scripture...at least not the way I have after that early morning encounter. But I came to realize the living are not with the dead....which are just the remains of our outer body. He is not in the ground. And I do not need to be in a cemetary to be near him. Of course that has not kept me from visiting it from time to time to honor his burial spot. We put bird seed in the angels hands on the stone instead of flowers.........big sigh.
He was 'all new'.
