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Still Missing You Much (Posted Oct 11 2005) Sharon Shin - sister in the Lord Went to a Longs Drugstore and was looking through cards. My co-worker's mom just passed away so I went to the "Sympathy" section and came across this card. The title of the card was "Homecoming." Isn't that beautiful? On the front it has two African American angels (I'm sure Julie would have really loved that... that angels do not only have ivory-white skin) and it says, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant...enter though into the joy of thy Lord. Matthew 25:21" You open the card up and it says, "Free of earthly bonds, rising ever higher, a glorious new voice is joining heaven's choir." Another card said, "It's not how long a flower blooms, but how beautifully it blooms." And yes... Julie may not have lived a long life, but she sure did live a beautiful and full life, as others have already said. I thought I was feeling more at peace with Julie's passing, but now that I see her pictures on this site and the memories keep flooding back, and her voice, her laughter floods my ears, I miss her all over again and the longing to be with my sister is great. Maybe it's because I realize that it was only in her passing that I've realized how MUCH I've been missing out on receiving from Christ. Maybe it's because her death was the violent shaking of God telling me that life here on earth matters in the spiritual realm, and that we just CAN'T waste our time here so focused on fleeting, temporal things. Maybe it's because now that she's gone, I am pulled in the direction of her thoughts and meditations left through her journals because it's all I have left of her. And now I am pressing in towards Christ with everything that I have and everything that I am. It's true what Jesus says. "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain." John 12:24 It's true. I feel I have gained life and there has been an awakening in my soul that has quickened towards God. For that I have to thank you, Julie. Thank you! You have been such a sweet sweet blessing to me. I hope to live out the legacy you left. And I hope that it continues for generations to come. Keep singing and rejoicing in His midst, sister, until I join you (hopefully soon!)
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