Day 470 - September 28 - Longing

A friend posted a question on an earlier post (the "Captain Bligh" one), and I thought that it was a good enough to try and answer publicly, plus I didn't know if everyone would see it, so here it is! She asked if our situation "makes you look forward to heaven more? No more crying, no more pain, no more tears?"

There's only one very simple answer to that, and it's "yes". We're done - tired of the whole thing, ready to be finished, excited about the prospect of not having this heart agony tainting everything in our life. I think that what we feel in this situation has given us an understanding of what the Bible means when it refers to things that dry up your bones. That's this. So we feel alot like the guy who has put in 30 years with the company - he's ready to retire and take his pension. We're ready as soon as The Boss cuts us loose.

And no, I don't mean Bruce Springsteen! I meant "THE Boss", not "the Boss"...

Until then, we have a better understanding than we ever wanted of the phrase "Lord, come quickly". I KNOW that Connor will be running and leaping and praising God when we're with Christ in heaven, so that's a sure thing we look forward to. We pray to see it sooner than that, but that's sort of our "fallback position", if you will.

Connor has spent the last two nights much more restfully - your prayers have helped so much! Thank you! We also got him a different pillow to try to support his neck in a different way, and that seems to be helping too. Hopefully we've put this nightly neck pain situation behind us!

Well, I've got to get to work, so I'll cut this short. Thank you so much for your faithfulness as you travel along with us. We covet your prayers so much, and we really, really, appreciate you.

God bless you,

E.

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