Sandy and Joan had known...
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Sandy and Joan had known each other since high school and enjoyed each other's company. "There is the comfort of shared histories and common laughter that makes it so easy to be together," Joan reflects. However, most of their adult years they had been separated by distance, living in different cities and so treasured their time together. They would spend a day together a couple of times each year.
The two women decided to take a once-in-a-lifetime trip together. It would be just the two of them, leaving their families home. They would travel throughout Europe by train.
As they settled in, the sun was setting and off in the distance they heard church bells signaling the end of the day. The train rocked them with its gentle rhythm. "Joan, I am sure that this is how the Lord takes people to heaven," Sandy said as she smiled and patted her shoulder.
For hours they rode in the dark, in silence. Sandy describes the experience as, "indescribable joy of being in the presence of someone who knows and loves you even though they might not have always agreed with you over the years. Such a presence of Christ and his unconditional love this longtime friend brings to me."
The risen Lord Jesus appeared to his followers. He taught them one more time about his mission, "everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms." Then Jesus was carried to heaven, the believers, "worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God."
The two women decided to take a once-in-a-lifetime trip together. It would be just the two of them, leaving their families home. They would travel throughout Europe by train.
As they settled in, the sun was setting and off in the distance they heard church bells signaling the end of the day. The train rocked them with its gentle rhythm. "Joan, I am sure that this is how the Lord takes people to heaven," Sandy said as she smiled and patted her shoulder.
For hours they rode in the dark, in silence. Sandy describes the experience as, "indescribable joy of being in the presence of someone who knows and loves you even though they might not have always agreed with you over the years. Such a presence of Christ and his unconditional love this longtime friend brings to me."
The risen Lord Jesus appeared to his followers. He taught them one more time about his mission, "everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms." Then Jesus was carried to heaven, the believers, "worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy; and they were continually in the temple blessing God."
