Friday, November 14, 2025

Dearest God,

Is loss fully loss?  Is whatever is lost lost forever?   Is it removed to never be retrieved?

The one person I could always rely on to love me was my grandmother.  No matter what I did or said, her smile reminded me her love was unconditional.  Her mercy was full of love, compassion and kindness.  But when she died and I could not find her to see her smile, to feel her mercy and to experience her hand upon mine, I was certain she was gone forever.  I grieved like a child.

One Sunday while in worship, I was thinking of Grandma.  All of a sudden during the singing of a hymn, I had a vision of heaven parting and my grandmother standing at the opening smiling at me.  Although the vision lasted only seconds, I realized she never left me.  She was still inside me, present and giving.  She could never ever really leave me.  Our relationship and love for one another was not just for a season until death but something of eternity.

Holy God,

thank you

for love

that is eternal.

Thank you

for the gift

of love

that never ends.

Thank you

for Grandma,

her way,

her smile

and her love.

Yours, Andrea