Mommy, Are You Going to Die?

One night I was up late cleaning house. As I walked by the boys' room, I heard our oldest son whimpering in his bed. As I came a little closer to his bed, I realized he was actually crying very hard.

I sat down beside his bed and put my arm around his shaking little body. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"Mommy, are you going to die?"

Trying to be funny, I said, "Not tonight." The way he was crying, I was beginning to wonder if he knew something I didn't.

He was not amused and was visibly very upset.

"Mommy, what will I do without you? Who will take care of me? How will we get to school? Daddy doesn't know how to do what you do."

At this point, I was crying right along with him. I hugged his little neck and answered him in the best way possible.

"Sweetheart," I said. "One day, Jesus is going to call me home to be with Him. I will be very sad to leave you and our family but I will also be very happy to be with Jesus."

"Will He be waiting for you?" he asked.

I went on to explain that while I love being his mommy and love being here on Earth, my ultimate goal is to be with Jesus in Heaven. "Yes, Jesus will be waiting for mommy with open arms just as He will be waiting for you when you get to Heaven."

After our talk, he wiped his little eyes and gave me a big smile.

As I lay in bed that night I wondered, was I totally honest with my son? Was I really as excited as I had portrayed about Heaven? Everything in me knew that I should be but would I really give everything up here on Earth just to be with my Savior?

Think about that for a minute. Think about that day when Jesus calls you home. Will you go into Heaven looking forward to what's ahead or looking behind at what you are leaving?

I want to love Jesus so much that I RUN into His arms when He calls me home. I want to long to be with Him so badly that I think about it day and night.

2nd Corinthians 5:6 says, "Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord."

Ask Him today to help you realize what Earthly things you put before Him. Ask Him to put Heaven in your heart and help you understand that eternity with Him will be more than we could ever imagine here on Earth.