Great Gathering
It's funny where the mind can wonder, I had the strangest thought, it wasn't really strange just random. Somehow I got to thinking about my uncle's repass, and how at the moment (18 years old) he was the closet relative I've ever loss. Death had stung my inner circle. I remember how strange it felt to be at a family gathering without hearing his signature greeting followed by a round of hugs and kisses. What stuck out about the memory the most was the larger than normal size of the gathering. There was family from both sides of the family, along with lots of friends, people from the neighborhood and so on. There were relatives I've never seen outside of Louisiana. Its funny how losing a loved one can pull us together if only for a short moment in time, with promises we'll never stay apart for so long again, or lets not gather only for such occasions. Yet before the family reaches the cemetery the scattering has already begun.
There was another death that will eventually led to another gathering of loved ones from far and wide, from all walks of life. A gathering of all gatherings. One that I pray you and I are apart of, a gathering to beat all gatherings.
Some are thinking this is going to occur sooner than later.
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.”
I Thessalonians 4:16-18 NKJV
*for my Christian friends
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