Will We Know Each Other In Glory? (woman, believe, scriptures)

[Betsey Lane]

I'm here getting ready for bed, but there is something on my mind that won't let me sleep. I'm thinking about my Mom and how much I miss her so. () Will she remember me in Glory? Will she "know" that I was her daughter while here on Earth? ( I would be so honored). What about if something happened to me, will I remember my children as their mother when they make it in? Or, is there no remembering things long past?

I would like Mom to know that everything that she taught me about living life, about raising my children to love God....I believed her, that there is truly no other way but Christ Jesus! I would like her to know that I am following in her footsteps! That her grand-babies truly loves God.

Just some thoughts before I go to sleep: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take, Amen.

I pray that I remember each and everyone of you, I pray that we remember each other.

Bless you, Betsey

[Verna Perry]

Awwwww Betsy...how precious......she knows...

I love you,
Verna.

p.s. when I get to heaven...you'll find me in the Southeast corner...I'll be looking for you if I get there first...we'll know...

[ShanaBrown]

Hi, I believe that we will know each other when we meet again and in a much deeper way. I lost my mother too about 2 years ago. I think about my mother every day and usually am crying on my way to work in the morning before the sun comes up. I miss seeing her sitting at the table as I drive off. I miss her so much, Betsey Lane, but I do believe that God will wipe every tear and that we will remember each other. I can't wait to hold her again. Have a blessed night.

[*sherry*]

I have asked this question before...
I was told the scriptures that say we will know one another...but can't remember where they are!...
They made a lot of sense at the time I reading....I'll have to see if I can find them again...
Betsy and Shana, your posts are so touching...
I still have my mother but everytime I read a post by someone whose mother has passed on, I cherish my moments here with her even more....

[.sparrow.]

Dear Betsey,
My mother was taken from me in 1989 when I was just 17 years old. Just a few months before I was to graduate from High School. It has been 20 years since she died. I hadn't even really become my own person, so to speak before she was taken from me. I was just a kid. So many things I hadn't experienced yet. During HS, I was so consumed with my mother and her well-being during her illness, I pretty much didn't have those "teen years" everyone talks about. I was too busy to be bothered by "petty" (in my mind) things like school, and friends and boyfriends, and parties and all that nonsense. So when she died... my whole world just... imploded. My life would never be the same again. My best friend was dead. The person who brought me into this world... had left me. Alone. That's the way I felt.

Having a first boyfriend, first job, first place of my own, first...first EVERYTHING without her. Going from girlhood into womanhood without a mother.. is very difficult. It's the salt in the wound. An unnecessary insult.

These past 20 years I've longed to have a mother. So many holidays through the years that have lost part of their meaning. When I have good news, she wasn't there to share. When my world crumbled, she wasn't there to help me pick up the pieces. Mom.. how do I do this? Mom, how do I manage my bank account? Mom, I don't know what to do with this work situation. Mom, let's go to lunch... Mom, what was I like as a child? Mom, I love you. Mom, I'm scared. Mom, I'm getting married! Mom, I'm quitting this stupid job. Mom, how do I cook stuff? Mom, am I supposed to iron this or take it to the dry cleaners? Mom, what the heck kind of curtains should I get? Mom.. help me. Mommy. Motherless. Such a horrible word. Not having that safety net. That has been what life has felt like since she passed over. Like a safety net has been pulled away...

I never had any dreams of her. Until 5 months ago. Two weeks before I was to go through something extremely difficult in my life (a loss), my mother appeared to me in a dream. She hugged me and it was such a tight hug, (she was known for her tight hugs!) and I smelled her! I haven't smelled that smell in 20 years. I had forgotten that smell. I can't believe I smelled HER. Her essence. It was her. No mistaking it. And she hugged me tight and I "felt" this concern. Like it was a very COMFORTING hug... like she was comforting me about something. I bolted awake and just sat there dumbfounded. Why now? Why did mom come to me in a dream... NOW? and why was she comforting me?? Why NOW, after all of these years?? I asked myself this all day the next day. Then I put it out of my mind. Well, two weeks later, I suffered a loss. I'd rather not get into it, but it was something very difficult and I struggled GREATLY over it. It was one of the hardest times in my life. I had so much grief I felt like I was losing my mind at times. Then one day, I remembered that dream.

My mom came to comfort me. She knew I would need comfort.
and she came. It was then that I realized that she never left me in the first place.

Death is an illusion, as far as I'm concerned. Perhaps, God allowed me a vision of the future, to comfort me... He allowed me to see a FUTURE time when I will be reunited with my mom. That is a possibility, and I will leave my mind open to that possibility. But... just about every fiber of my being screams out that it was her in the "now!". That she truly is with God now... and she never stopped looking out for her baby. If that is so, she sees the much bigger picture, so she does not sorrow as I sorrow... but she came and broke through this dimension to comfort her little girl when her girl needed her the most. (even BEFORE her girl KNEW she would need it.)

Regardless of which way it really is. All I know is that we will most definitely be reunited with our loved ones. I know this from the depths of my soul. We will absolutely be reunited, and we will know each other FAR, FAR better than we ever could know each other on earth. FAR BETTER! We will always remain family. Those people who had differences, everything will be ok. Those differences will be shown for what they are (mostly misunderstandings and impurities withing ourselves, selfishness, greed, jealousy etc. all those barriers that didn't allow us to love each other the way we were supposed to love, will finally be removed. We will finally be able to LOVE each other the way we always should have. This is why GRIEF is necessary. Absence makes the heart grow fonder AND absense makes you reflect on those things you did out of LOVE and those things you did that were VOID of love. It's a lesson. A painful one... but remember... "For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."

And think of this:

but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

AND THIS:

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18).


Love is never in vain. This reunion of loved ones will be one of the glorious things.... one of the most, just... unbelievable, amazing, things. And it will bring SUCH HONOR to God... to watch these reunions between His children. To watch their beaming faces... to watch His children fall over with gladness at being able to LOVE their loved ones once again. All of the regrets, all of the "I wish I had only..." and the "if only I'd told her more often how much I loved her...", If only I could have spent more time with him..." All of the LOVE that we wished we had heaped upon our loved one... God understands this. He knows our heart. He knows our mistakes. Most of our mistakes that cut us, are the ones where we let down a loved one. Where we wished we could have just ONE MORE DAY. God is preparing for us a glory.... no-one has even imagined. But you better believe, that glory involves the GREAT REUNION. Holding the hands of our long ago departed loved ones, and finally KNOWING each other FULLY..."to know as we are known!" and to just literally fall over in our Worship to God. To finally understand who God is... Our beloved FATHER. Our FATHER!!!

Our sorrow will be turned to laughter. He guarantees.
Imagine. Sorrow not only being turned to joy... but ACTUAL LAUGHTER.
Laughter. That is AMAZING.
What do you do when you are so overjoyed, you can't even think..?? A lot of us, just start to laugh. It just happens. You just become so overwhelmed you start laughing!!

It's a glorious picture to behold and I have absolute 100% faith.

There have been other things that have happened that have given me this 100% faith with no doubt. Just some special little things. Between God and I. I trust it with all of my heart. This isn't wishful thinking, this is God putting something solidly in my heart. And I cannot forsake it. I cannot forsake this gift of faith in this particular aspect of God's plan.

Peace. I hope you find comfort. I hope you know that your mom loves you, never stopped loving you, and will love you in the future.

love,
sparrow

[Cyber Munchkin]

Originally Posted by Betsey Lane

I pray that I remember each and everyone of you, I pray that we remember each other.

Bless you, Betsey

How could I not remember you Betsey? You are such a joy! You are the voice of John the Baptist crying out in the wilderness of City-Data Christianity sub-forum......

I can see you now and hear your voice in heaven singing, "See, See, this is the Lamb of God, is this not what I shared with you all of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!" Hallelujah!!
Yes, it will be your sweet presences in the Light of Christ I will recognize!

Blessings....sweet child of God!!

[ShanaBrown]

Love is never in vain. This reunion of loved ones will be one of the glorious things.... one of the most, just... unbelievable, amazing, things. And it will bring SUCH HONOR to God... to watch these reunions between His children. To watch their beaming faces... to watch His children fall over with gladness at being able to LOVE their loved ones once again. All of the regrets, all of the "I wish I had only..." and the "if only I'd told her more often how much I loved her...", If only I could have spent more time with him..." All of the LOVE that we wished we had heaped upon our loved one... God understands this. He knows our heart. He knows our mistakes. Most of our mistakes that cut us, are the ones where we let down a loved one. Where we wished we could have just ONE MORE DAY. God is preparing for us a glory.... no-one has even imagined. But you better believe, that glory involves the GREAT REUNION. Holding the hands of our long ago departed loved ones, and finally KNOWING each other FULLY..."to know as we are known!" and to just literally fall over in our Worship to God. To finally understand who God is... Our beloved FATHER. Our FATHER!!!

Amen. God bless.

[Cyber Munchkin]

Moderator cut: orphaned

1John 2: 7-11
7 My dear friends, I am not writing a new command to you but an old command you have had from the beginning. It is the teaching you have already heard.
8 But also I am writing a new command to you, and you can see its truth in Jesus and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.
9 Anyone who says, "I am in the light," but hates a brother or sister, is still in the darkness.
10 Whoever loves a brother or sister lives in the light and will not cause anyone to stumble in his faith.
11 But whoever hates a brother or sister is in darkness, lives in darkness, and does not know where to go, because the darkness has made that person blind.


The command to love one another had been in force from the beginning of the world; but it might be called a new command as given to Christians. It was new in them, as their situation was new in respect of its motives, rules, and obligations. And those who walk in hatred and enmity to believers, remain in a dark state. Christian love teaches us to value our brother's soul, and to dread every thing hurtful to his purity and peace. Where spiritual darkness dwells, in mind, the judgment, and the conscience will be darkened, and will mistake the way to heavenly life. These things demand serious self-examination; and earnest prayer, that God would show us what we are, and whither we are going.

[alanMolstad]

As for what "life" will be like in the Kingdom?
Will you know your mom in Heaven?

The truth is, Im not sure I have a bible verse that would give me much of an answer for your question about knowing your mom after you and her both rise from the dead.

I would need a few verses to be able to state one way or the other what the answer is...

But I cant think of any off hand.

Peter and John seemed to know Moses when they saw him...
Not sure how they knew it was Moses???.... I mean, they had never met Moses before but yet they clearly seem to know him right away on the Mt of Transfiguration.

There is also a comment that King David will one day be with his dead son.
That hints of a reunion of sorts, and that hints of knowning each other later.

We know that the bond of marriage is not found in Heaven. That teaching is very clear, so it would seem that the way we look at each other then is different than the way we look at each other now...

I shall pay attention to what others say, and look for a text that might add some light to my views...

For now, my only answer is , that I trust God to make sure that the Kingdom in the future is "better" than the way life on earth is for me now.
God will clear away my tears, and that tells me that I will have a new way of looking at all of this life...

[Hoosier]

Originally Posted by Betsey Lane

I'm here getting ready for bed, but there is something on my mind that won't let me sleep. I'm thinking about my Mom and how much I miss her so. () Will she remember me in Glory? Will she "know" that I was her daughter while here on Earth? ( I would be so honored). What about if something happened to me, will I remember my children as their mother when they make it in? Or, is there no remembering things long past?

I would like Mom to know that everything that she taught me about living life, about raising my children to love God....I believed her, that there is truly no other way but Christ Jesus! I would like her to know that I am following in her footsteps! That her grand-babies truly loves God.

Just some thoughts before I go to sleep: Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take, Amen.

I pray that I remember each and everyone of you, I pray that we remember each other.

Bless you, Betsey

Betsey -- I used to wonder the same thing, and prayed about it quite a bit! When my MIL died five years ago I was devastated! The only glimmer in my heart was that I'd see her again in glory and we'd have an amazing reunion!

When God created man he created us for his glory and to have a relationship with us. Look at the world and see that relationships are an integral part of our lives. If we didn't know one another in heaven then why would we have relationships here on earth? Mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, children, grandchildren, friends, BFFs and on.

I read a book awhile back the changed my entire perspective on heaven. The author is an amazing writer and theologian. He was asked by a Christian publisher to write on the topic of heaven. When I purchased the book from our local Christian bookstore the sales clerk told me how wonderful the book was and what peace it gave her knowing she'd see her daughter again.

I loaned the book to my in-laws while they were here for Christmas and my FIL was devouring the book. Little did they know there was a book wrapped under the tree just for them. My wife's step mom loves the book just as much! It shares such amazing truths! It took me a long time to read, not because it's long, but because there was so much to think about and digest. If you get it, you must read it from beginning to end instead of jumping around. Trust me, I wanted to jump around, but in sequence it makes much more sense. You'll see if you buy it.

Here is the book Amazon.com: Heaven: Randy Alcorn: Books