Peace Like a River

A few days before my father passed, Dr. Tony Evans called Victor and me for an update on his health. He had heard that Daddy didn’t have much longer and having had similar experiences in watching a loved one transition to paradise, he wanted to offer both personal and spiritual perspective.

He said, “Shay, your father is seeing things he has never seen before. He is on the verge of seeing heaven completely and that is our hope as Christians.”

He also shared that while the pull to remain on earth with our loved ones is strong, it is not stronger than the pull to enter the presence of God.

Our loved ones fight diligently to remain with us because this is the life they know and the life they love. But the glimpse of Glory some are afforded in their sickest, final days is enough for them to know it is okay to quit fighting and to fully collapse in the arms of Jesus to enter eternal rest.

I recall the peace on Daddy’s face those last days. Even the night he groaned as Momma and I sang one of his favorite songs to him, I knew the sounds were him saying he loved us but that he was ready to go.

​I am forever grateful Pastor Evans shared his thoughts with us. This unique perspective brought us such comfort in those final days.

​And guess what? It still does.
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