“What a happy reunion picture! It’s what Christian people do after terrible grief. We wash our faces. Give thanks. Laugh, smile, and eat together.” ~Steve Lawton
Steve Lawton is a friend I’ve known for more than thirty years. I got to know him through my sister Judi. Steve and his wife came to Maine the summer after my mother died, and they brought Christian charity into my life in wonderful ways I never imagined possible. In the decades since then, they have taught me the reality to Steve’s post that I’ve quoted here.
May 18, 2021
That was the date that I wrote those first two paragraphs. We had just held the memorial service for my dad, and I had shared pictures from the day on my social media pages. I may have commented that it seemed odd to be smiling so much at such a time as that, but whatever the case, Steve made the point of reminding me that for Christians, death is not the end of our relationships with one another. It is a pause, for we will see each other again in heaven. In the meantime, we meet to give God glory for the live that was lived in obedience to him, delighting to do God’s will, and we rejoice in the hope of eternity.
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