The distance was almost 2,800 miles and
the trip, due to the pandemic, was three-years in the making, but the
two sisters were finally able to reunite.
Barbara Carolan (age 94) had not been able to see her little sister,
Shirley (age 90), since 2020. Considering their advanced ages, Barbara
really wanted to see her sister again. Barbara’s granddaughter,
Stephanie Atkinson Shively, enabled the reunion. She took her
grandmother from her home in Seabrook, New Hampshire to the home of her
great aunt in Laughlin, Nevada – a distance of 2,766 miles.
Shively captured a
conversation that the two elderly sisters shared in a video that she
posted on social media. The video has gone viral.
“If we don't see each other
on this Earth, we'll see you in heaven,” the younger sister said in the
video shared by Shively.
“You betcha, you betcha,”
the 94-year-old sister replied. *
Their conversation reflects
the meaning of a song written by Albert R. Brumley in 1945 entitled, “If
We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven”:
“Soon we'll come to the end
of life's journey,
and perhaps we'll never meet anymore,
till we gather in heaven's bright city,
far away on that beautiful shore.”
The sisters’ conversation
and the words of the song reflect the hope of those who are in Christ.
Without Christ, each of us
is lost – separated from God due to our sin (Isaiah 59:1-2). But God
loves us so much that He gave His one and only Son to die on the cross
for our sins (John 3:16). Through Jesus and His atoning sacrifice, we
can be saved from our sins, reconciled to God, and recipients of the
gift of eternal life (2 Corinthians 5:17-21). In order to receive these
glorious spiritual blessings, we must accept His offer of salvation and
eternal life through our trusting obedience.
God will save and give eternal life to those who
place their faith
and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from
their sins in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are
baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38). He will
continue to cleanse from sin those who continue to walk in the light of
His Word (1 John 1:7-9).
Those who accept His offer
can rejoice in the expectant hope of a great reunion when Jesus
returns. Read and relish the words of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
Christians can sing with
assurance the chorus of Brumley’s song:
“If we never meet again this
side of heaven,
as we struggle through this
world and its strife,
there's another meeting
place somewhere in heaven,
by the side of the river of
life,
where the charming roses
bloom forever,
and where separations come
no more,
if we never meet again this
side of heaven,
I will meet you on that
beautiful shore.”
In Jesus we have this living
hope (1 Peter 1:3-4).
You can share in this hope
if you will trust and obey Jesus. If you do and if we never meet this
side of heaven, I’ll see you on that beautiful, eternal shore.
-- David A. Sargent
*
Information gleaned from “94-year-old woman travels across US to see
90-year-old sister one last time” by Pilar Arias of Fox News,
www.foxnews.com.
David A. Sargent,
Minister
Church of Christ at Creekwood
1901 Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
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