Wonder to the place...

So every once in a while I let myself wonder to the place that so many others have. The place that inspired Bart Millard of Mercy Me to write "I Can Only Imagine" and "Finally Home." The place that motivated Jeremy Camp's newest single - "There will Be a Day," where he speaks of no more suffering, no more pain, and no more tears. The same place that influenced Barney Warren, a famous writer of hymns, to write many many songs about heaven including "Sweet Paradise", "I Have a Home," and "Beautiful." And even the folks that wrote the song that Brad Paisley sings so well "When I Get where I'm Going" in which he sings of shedding only happy tears, shedding all sins and struggles that was carried over the years, and he even sings of maybe riding on a rain drop.

This moment I have wondered to that place yet again. Imagining just what it will be like to see my savior face to face. To finally have Jesus physically wrap his arms around me into the tightest embrace. Sometimes I imagine that I would run as fast as I could and just pounce into the lap of my king. I think because of the visions from "I can only imagine" that I will stand in awe just before falling to my knees out of reverence for my Lord. I think I will weep in admiration and out of exultation. I sometimes imagine Him holding my face in His hands being just as exuberated to have me home as I am to be in His presence. I imagine that God will grant me the opportunity to visit with those I have missed most. I can't wait to hug my pop, my grandaddy, and my Grandma Lou. To share with them the things they missed and to let them know that I've learned from them even though they weren't on earth with me as long as I wished they were. To tell Grandma Lou that I shared the same dream as she did to visit the Egyptian Pyramids (and maybe even tell her I visited them depending on when I make it home) and that even though I was very little when she came home, there was never a moment that Daddy didn't remind me how much she loved me. To tell Grandaddy that I still blow pretty amazing bubbles and every wednesday night I still say a special prayer about him. And to tell Pop that I was a pro at playing cards and I think that I inherited his gentle spirit most of all. Those are the moments that I look forward to second after spending my long awaited time with Jesus. I look forward to seeing my Grandparents Healthy... no pain and no suffering... and cancer free. I look forward to asking Jesus all kinds of questions that I haven't been sure of the answer to here on earth. And I can't wait to meet Mary and tell her I admire her for her strength. I look forward to the great feast in heaven where we we all sit down together and eat... and won't get fat or sin by eating too much, we all know I can do that. :) I look forward to being healthy myself.

I'm so greatful for a Loving God who cared and loved so much that he would send a son and so that I may have a chance at this wonderful place called heaven. I look forward to my day when God calls me home. I know it won't be until He's ready. But I can only imagine what it will be like. What the angels will sing. I can't wait to be embraced by Jesus... I'm just so excited over that.... so excited. :)