The Hem of His Garment
With one of my good friends, our conversations almost always veer to spiritual issues. If I am ever about to do something that a little voice tells me I might not want to do, I call her. I say “this is the situation, this is how I am thinking about handling it, but I want to check with you . . .”
She will always tell me the truth. She will say “hmmmn . . . why don’t you sit on that idea a couple days first?” or “sounds like the right thing to do, even if you think you might be doing it for the wrong motives” or . . . I may not want to hear it, but it will be the best truth she can give me.
She never repeats my confidences to others, and I trust that right or wrong, she will give me the best advice anyone would give. Friendships like that are priceless.
So this weekend, we were discussing how we can ALL be saved, i.e. how we will make it to heaven/paradise/jenna. Our book says we’re the only ones who are going to be there, and that unless you believe exactly the way we believe, sorry, you’re out. Most holy books say the same thing – this is the true path, and if you follow it, you’re in. If not, you’re out. It seems like a great cosmic gamble, with your soul and life everlasting at stake.
My friend told me about another friend of hers, a Native American woman, a wise woman, a very spiritual woman. One of her friends died from a virulent, fast-spreading cancer, and the Native American woman dreamed of her. In her dream, her friend appeared, radiant and shining and bright. The woman asked her friend “what is it like on the other side?” and her friend said “It’s SO BIG! We had NO idea! We were barely touching the hem of His garment!”
It’s just a dream. Just a vision. . . and yet, it sticks with me, I find myself taking great comfort in this story. I want us all to be there.
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You’re lucky to have such a wise friend 🙂
As for heaven *sigh* i hope we get there…and i hate it when they say that only those who believe in God go there….there are good people out their
yet they dont have faith…but theyre still good people…
I try not to think about it….cuz what can one do?
their = there
(i know how my grammar :p i was just busy eating hehehe)
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
as u can see by the previous comment…i was STILL eating when i TRIED to correct myself.
Delicate – it’s even worse when you don’t catch the mistake for WEEKS, like I do! And suddenly I see it and I am just cringing. At least you have an excuse.
And I am betting you also have such good friends. . . looking at the comments on your blog 🙂 Thanks for your comments here. 🙂
As for heaven – they say we shall get the rewards we have earned. I’ll be happy if I can just make it to the “right side of the tracks”. . . any old shack will do!
not to worry 😛
chances are gods got a sense of humour so all the hardliners wont be there with the genuinely good people 😀
SKNK – One religious expert I know told me “I think we’re all in for some big surprises, because we can’t begin to think like God thinks” – pretty much what YOU said, too! But I want us ALL there, sinners, hardliners, all of us.
And oh, yes! God’s sense of humor . . . . !
Thanks for your visit. You always have such good comments.