Weep Not ---

Today, the Lord reminded me again of His word in Isaiah:  "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon:
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts."

He also tells me in Psalm 18:30 -- "As for God, His way is perfect."
Again, He speaks to me, and gives me wonderful instruction in Proverbs 3:5-6.  "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths."  Praise the Lord!

As the family and I have recalled happy times and sweet memories of Dad this week, I have also thought about some of you, my brothers and sisters in Christ, who have said "good-bye" to loved ones in recent weeks and months.
I trust that these words, attributed to Matthew Henry, will be a blessing to you today.

"Would you like to know where I am?
      I am at home in our Father's house, in the mansions prepared for me there.  
  I am where I would be ---
      No longer on the stormy sea, but in the safe and quiet harbor.
      My working time is done, and I am resting;
      My sowing time is done, and I am reaping.
      My joy is as the joy of harvest.

 Would you know how it is with me?
       I am made perfect in holiness.
       Grace is swallowed up in glory.

 Would you know what I am doing?
        I see God.
        I see him as He is, not as through a glass darkly, but face to face.
        And the sight is transforming; it makes me like Him.
        I am here singing hallelujahs incessantly
               to Him who sits upon the throne.

Would you know what company I keep?
        Blessed company -- better than the best on earth.
        Here are holy angels and the spirits of just men made perfect.
        I am sitting with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the
               Kingdom of God,
        With the blessed Paul and Peter, James and John,
                and all the saints.
        And here I meet with many of my old acquaintances
                with whom I worked.
        And with whom I prayed, who came here before me.

                     And lastly --
Would you know how long this is to continue?
        It is the dawn that never withers,
        The crown of glory that fades not away.
        After millions and millions of ages it will be as fresh as it is now,
        And therefore --- weep not for me."