At Heaven’s Gate
 
Yesterday afternoon I brought communion to an LPC member. Her name is Grace and she is under hospice care and does not have long to live.  It had been about a month since I last visited with Grace.  She was much weaker and very frail. Simple sentences were not easy for her to form and she spoke barely above a whisper, but she had things she wanted to say. She talked of her family, as she always does – her children and the seventeen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.  More than anything though, she wanted me to know that she was ready; ready to go, ready for what is next, ready for death – ready to be with her Lord.  Continue Reading »