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WEDNESDAY, June 17
Luke 20:27-40. In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her."
Christians profess to believe in "the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come." Sadducees did not share this belief. Realistically, what would happen to a woman who had had seven husbands? Whose wife would she be?
The Sadducees sought to discredit Jesus, but don't we believers ask ourselves the same question? What will heaven be like? Will we indeed see our loved ones there? While we hope to, Jesus' reply suggests a reality so different from this world that we don't even know what questions to ask about it.
My grandmother told me that after death we would sing songs of praise for all eternity. Grandma was a concert pianist, so perhaps she found this prospect a happy one. I found it daunting.
My own vision of heaven comes from a dream. I am a toddler having a temper tantrum, bent on my own way. Spent at last, defeated, I crawl into God's arms, totally at peace.
As my husband lay dying, clinging fearfully to his slender claim on this life, I shared my prediction for the next--the most wonderful dream you've ever had from which you never wake up. He died at peace.
PRAY for the Diocese of Newcastle (York, England)
Ps 119:97-120 * 81, 82; 1 Samuel 2:12-26; Acts 2:1-21
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