How do you live your life?

I had lunch yesterday with my best friend. Her brother was dying of cancer. My best friend has lost a lot of very close people to cancer in the past 5 1/2 years. First her sister was diagnosed with cancer and Tammie took care of her when she couldn't take care of herself, then she died. Then when things were just starting to return to normal, her best friend was diagnosed, again Tammie helped as much as she could with her and then she died within a couple of months. Things returned to normal, I started going to her church. meeting Tammie for the first time...really meeting her, was just really getting to know her when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Tammie took care of her mother until the end which was 2 years ago now. Then about 18 months ago her brother was diagnosed with cancer. He gave up the ghost late yesterday afternoon.

When Tammie and I came out after eating, we hugged, because I know she had to get back since the end felt near for her brother, while we were hugging she started crying and said to me, "I have been begging God not to let anything happen to you, because I wouldn't be able to handle it at all" I told her that God heard her prayer.

Paul said, "I have fought a good fight ,I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." II Timothy 4:7 As long as you keep your eyes on the prize, which is Jesus, you will make heaven. Tammie's brother is now rejoicing in Glory. He is singing the Redemption song. The only song that the angels in heaven cannot sing. Jack was bought with a price. His soul was saved. He is now in the very presence of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. He is looking on the very FACE of our Lord! What a sight it is sure to be! He heard "Well done, thy good and faithful servant, enter into they rest." I don't see Jack resting. I see him dancing in the spirit, knowing he is home and with the Lord, evermore to be.

I am a little homesick now. It is so strange to long to see, I mean really long to see heaven. It seems like this journey we are traveling on is long but in reality it is very short. Praise God for His loving mercies.