Get the party going early
A PERSONAL PRAYER Gracious God, Someone asked me yesterday, as we stood at the graveside, “how are people welcomed into heaven? Are they greeted by St. Peter at the gate? Is it Jesus himself? Or is that a dumb question?” Not a dumb question, of course. It is a question we all have. But I had no good answer for him. All I could tell him is that the Scripture says we are “with the Lord,” seeing him “face to face” and “in Paradise.” And I could tell him that while we are running the race here, the saints in the church triumphant are [...]