I often think of Jesus' promise to His disciples at the Last Supper on the night before His death: "In My Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also." -- John 14:2-3 [NRSV]
I believe He was talking not only to His disciples about His death and what lies after but also to all of us, His friends in all ages to come. He was promising that any place to which we were called and led, He would not only go with us but also go before us, preparing the way and the place. Wherever we were, we would be in His presence…
With these vague, diffuse fears of the far future to come, though we cannot specifically visualize a place or time, we can pray a prayer… We image the Lord walking ahead of us into unknown territory and turning with a smile to let us know that all is well and under healing control.
-- Flora Slosson Wuellner in Prayer, Stress, and Other Inner Wounds, published by The Upper Room, Nashville, TN. Used with permission.
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