tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post5917965680134885269..comments2024-03-10T10:36:09.923+00:00Comments on Gem of The Ocean: How do you Envision Heavengemoftheoceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-1471569593890434632007-10-08T06:42:00.000+01:002007-10-08T06:42:00.000+01:00Stephen, it seems like just yesterday your dad die...Stephen, it seems like just yesterday your dad died. How long has it been now. I still think of how suddenly you all lost him. I hope your mum's doing well. [And your other loved ones, for that matter!]<BR/><BR/>And Adele: I felt privileged to read all about Therese coming into your home. (and the rest of your blog too)<BR/>There are many unsung saintly families living in this world. Yours is one of them.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-46764467006824390752007-10-08T03:34:00.000+01:002007-10-08T03:34:00.000+01:00Hi Karen, What great thoughts. I ought to spend ...Hi Karen,<BR/><BR/> What great thoughts. I ought to spend more time thinking about these things... it would help me to be a little less cranky when things don't go my way.<BR/><BR/> By the way, how sweet of you to read through my blog about adopting Therese. That was kind of you and brave too! <BR/><BR/> God bless you, I'm off to ponder Heaven now.The Woman of the Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354570273331860879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-20608918130436879132007-10-07T13:29:00.000+01:002007-10-07T13:29:00.000+01:00My nephew, to my mother, a couple of days after my...My nephew, to my mother, a couple of days after my Dad died:<BR/><BR/>"Grandma! Grandma! Granddad can't have gone to Heaven! His car's still in the drive!"<BR/><BR/>(Nathan was three and a half at the time)Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08955770520790267352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-16874942969764593582007-10-07T05:19:00.000+01:002007-10-07T05:19:00.000+01:00I'll just be happy to get there!I'll just be happy to get there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-8441029006254710362007-10-06T08:46:00.000+01:002007-10-06T08:46:00.000+01:00very insightful!very insightful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-22567224557066992322007-10-06T01:41:00.000+01:002007-10-06T01:41:00.000+01:00Yes, I love all the metaphors in the Psalms and t...Yes, I love all the metaphors in the Psalms and the Apocalypse and all the poetry and the images are soothing. [Wouldn't it be a hoot if St. Peter really was on a gate, and there were these viking guys with wings and harps and all that? ;-D I'll know it's a dream if God looks like George Burns, though.]gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-39712789574172705582007-10-05T22:06:00.000+01:002007-10-05T22:06:00.000+01:00I'm sorry, but my puny brain cannot really fathom ...I'm sorry, but my puny brain cannot really fathom it in any tangible way. I understand the happiness part, but what this entails, I don't know. God created it and it is perfect, so I'm sure it will beat everything we can come up with!swissmisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091563100968996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499957141699011933.post-52207986249307980502007-10-05T03:23:00.000+01:002007-10-05T03:23:00.000+01:00"Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, what God has..."Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, what God has prepared for those who love Him." <BR/><BR/>My idea of Heaven, will be in my most perfect and righteous body, one adventure after another--with all my friends and family--perfect bliss, perfect love, perfect union with my one true love--Jesus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com