Posts Tagged ‘Ezekiel 36:22-28’

Ezekiel 36:22-28
Philippians 1:3-11
John 11:21-27

It was three weeks ago, on one of those stunningly beautiful fall days.  I was sitting at Tom’s bedside in his beloved hermitage at Emery House, with his sister Penny.  We had just anointed him and prayed with him, and he was looking out, gazing up through those huge windows at the brilliantly blue sky and the trees.  He wanted all the shutters open, so he could see – see the golden leaves dazzling and shimmering in the sunlight.

We gazed with him, in silence, and it seemed that the whole of creation was on fire with God’s glory.  At that precious moment it felt like God was gifting us with just a glimpse of the glory that awaits us all – the glory which I have no doubt Tom is now enjoying.   Tom, who loved St. Paul, believed and trusted absolutely, that “this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory.” Read More