The Doorway to Heaven
Day 58 of Photo Inspirations — The Doorway to Heaven
A dear friend posted this photo on her FB page yesterday, and it touched me so much I knew it would be my photo inspiration today. My friend’s 95-year old mother passed away last week and this photo gave her such comfort. When I saw it, it comforted me, too. My dad went to heaven when I was 15. My own angel Mom passed away 11 years ago at the age of 94. My sweetheart passed away 4-1/2 years ago. I have 3 siblings already in heaven. And I choose to believe this is the way it will be — just going through the door from this “temporary home” to our real “home sweet home” and where Jesus and our loved ones will be there waiting for us. We were created for eternity!
As I read about this sacred and comforting work of art, I saw how the CREATOR inspired the sculptor to create. An internationally-renowned artist and bronze sculptor, Jerry Anderson, had a desire to magnify his talent in a spiritual way. His original life-size bronze sculpture of ‘Come Unto Me’ came with the expectations of being a comfort to grieving families experiencing the loss of a loved one. Unveiled in 2000, the original life-sized bronze monument stands in the grand foyer of the Spilsbury Mortuary in St. George, Utah, where it has become a scenic attraction, in addition to a comfort to countless families at a most tender time of their lives. It portrays the spiritual journey from mortality to immortality. It is a portrayal of an aged woman’s body, returning to its prime, and into the arms of our Savior.
And here’s my take on leaving this earth. When my sweetheart was in his final stages of being earth-bound, I got to be his mid-wife. I urged him to “push, Baby, push” through to the other side. I knew that I knew he was “birthing” from this place where he had experienced so much pain, where his muscle-bound, strong body had become so weak and paralyzed, and where his earth-assignment had come to an end. I was getting to help push him through the earth to heaven doorway to where his heavenly new and perfect body and assignment awaited him.
I’m so sorry for the many folks who believe that death is the end of us. I KNOW it is not. Death is not our termination, but our transition into eternity. In his book, “Purpose Driven Life”, Rick Warren says “If you have a relationship with God through Jesus, you don’t need to fear death. It is the DOOR to eternity. It will be the last hour of your time on earth, but it won’t be the last of you. Rather than being the end of your life, it will be your birth-day into eternal life.” Heaven is a wonderful place — and what a blessed hope we have that this will be us someday — when we get to go through that doorway and see our Savior face-to-faceI
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