Reunions

Last Sabbath Ana and I traveled to Wenatchee for the first time in almost a year. Ana’s brother, Danny, had come back from Puerto Rico and was staying with a friend in Wenatchee, so we went to visit him.

Before we saw Danny, however, we stopped in at my old job to see our friends at the Walk-in Clinic. It was wonderful getting to see Jennifer, Vicky, and Chip after a whole year! We just wish more of our friends had been there. We miss all of you!

After stopping at the Walk-in, we went to church at Cashmere Seventh-day Adventist Church. There we heard an excellent sermon by Christina Ford and then shared a meal with many of our wonderful friends. It was so much fun catching up and sharing old memories.

Finally, we got to see Danny and learn about everything he’d been up to in Puerto Rico this last year. It was great to hear about the family and about his plans for the farm..

Reunions are the best, but, unfortunately, they end too soon, and we have to say, “Good-bye”, not knowing when or if we’ll see each other again. That is so hard!

But there’s good news! We’ve all been invited to a reunion that will never end. On that day “the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).

Then there will be no more sad good-bye’s, no long separations, no tears of regret. On that day “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” (Revelation 21:4 NIV).

Now that’s a reunion worth going to! It’s going to be amazing! See you there?