Devotion for the Week of October 1, 2007

I apologize for not being up to date on this devotional page, but as many of you know, my mother passed away, and I have not really known what to write about. I have had writer’s block. The other when I was telling a friend of mine about this, he told me this story.

"The parish priest had asked George, one of the church members, if he could do some rewiring above the altar area. The only why he could reach the wiring was to enter the attic from the room behind the altar area and crawl out over the plaster ceiling by balancing on the rafters. His wife, Susan, was sitting in the first pew, keeping an eye on the occasional puff of dust from the ceiling that floated down.

"Susan did not realize it, but some of the other parishioners where starting to gather in the back of the church, waiting for the priest to walk out to the confessional. Those who were entering the rear of the church thought nothing of Susan, who did not recognize, sitting in the front pew because they assumed she was praying.

"Concerned for her husband’s safety, Susan yell up at George, "George, can you hear me? Are you up there? Did you make it okay?"

There was quite an outburst from the back of the church when they hear George’s clear and strong voice answer, "Yes, Yes, I made it up here just fine!"

For those of us who have had someone we love die, it is most comforting to know that they made it up there okay. We all have that assurance with Jesus Christ as our savior.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 3:20