WHEN GOD GIVES YOU A HUG

This post has been tugging on my heart and I have been wanting to share it for some time. Then Coy Gibbs brother, J.D., passed away on Friday, and it brought up memories of when Agnes passed just over a year ago, so here I am.

If you read one of my first blog posts, it talked about my mother-in-law passing away from cancer in November 2017. When we received word that it was going downhill fast, we immediately packed up the car and drove up to Vermont to be with her. We arrived on a Saturday morning and she was gone a week and a half later.

When we arrived, she was in the hospital, but Ben was amazing and worked with friends to get her home. Once she had come home from the hospital the following Thursday, we were at home all day every day with her enjoying the time we had left together.

With a 2-year-old in the house, that made it more interesting to keep her busy. When Wednesday rolled around, I needed to go get groceries and wanted to take Amelia to this cute park in Bennington. As I drove up Route 7, I had The Message station on from Sirius XM. It was playing MercyMe's "Finally Home" which isn't in heavy rotation but will occasionally come on (shows how much I listen right?). My heart was very happy to hear this song - a song of hope about heaven. During that song, Ben text me "she's gone."

Hearing that song and knowing in that exact moment Agnes went to be with Jesus in heaven was the biggest HUG God could ever give me in that moment. Up to that point, I hadn't really experienced death of someone close to me. But God was reassuring me that Agnes was "Finally Home" with Him and I would see her again.

Yes, tears follow every time I think about that moment.

Death is the result of sin entering this world. But as Jesus said "TAKE HEART, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD."