I’m traveling this week, but I was able to catch up with my son Bo this weekend on FaceTime for our “Breakfast on the Beach.”

He’s writing a new song, and he sang a bit of it for me. It’s beautiful. The lyrics go like this:

Someday I will see Your face
When I am remade
It will be beautiful

If Your shadow says it’s so
Then I already know
I can hardly wait

It reminds me of the verse in the Bible:

“For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face” (1 Corinthians 13:12).

Here’s a snippet you can watch of him singing it for me, from a long way away!

I love this idea that NOT ONLY will we see JESUS face-to-face, but we will ALSO SEE those who have gone before us into heaven, like my beloved Lana, who have put their faith in Him.

You see, I’m traveling right now in part to celebrate our wedding anniversary from many, many years ago. Since Lana’s gone to heaven, I’ve continued to take trips on our anniversary. It’ a great way to me to reclaim a day that could otherwise be filled with unbearable grief. These trips continue to turn my grief into joy.

And because Jesus has been raised from the dead, I am confident that Lana will raised from the dead, too, just as will I be.

If you need hope today that Jesus can raise YOU from the dead, listen closely to the words of the Apostle Paul, written to the believers in the city of Corinth nearly 2,000 years ago:

“But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for THIS LIFE we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. (1 Corinthians 15:12-19).

Take heart, Jesus WAS raised to new life, and we can be too, when we put our faith in Him.

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord WILL BE saved” (Romans 10:13).

Have a great week! Love,

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