meet me at home

there i sat, dressed in black from my head to my toes. i was surrounded by a group of people that, when i was growin' up, didn't exist. well, some of them didn't exist yet, and others just didn't exist to me. about everyone had their heads lowered, as if someone had told us to do so. everyone, that is, except wes. he thought the music playing made for great dancin'. oh, and this was the music playing. as the song filled my ears and the sight of this rather large family sitting side-by-side, filled my eyes, love filled my heart. scottie was sitting in the row in front of me, with his dad and siblings. the next two rows held twelve grandchildren and those of us that were blessed to marry into this family.

i've been to several funerals, and have heard this,over and over, "there in a much better place now." but, i don't know. i always thought people that said that, just didn't know what else to say. and you can kinda tell when someone is just mouthing those words. you know? and, you think do they really mean what they say? are they going to that better place when their time comes? do they know where that place is? what it looks like? who else will be there? do they know how to get there? and do they know what makes it better?

well, i do. and, i'm not saying that because i'm some sorta philosophical genius. i just know what i know. i know Jesus. and, i know that my mother-in-law knows Jesus. i know that He sits at the right hand of my God. and, i know that she is where i long to be and will be one day. i know that if elvis is there, she's gotten his autograph. i know that she has already told my papaw how much i miss him and that i'm raisin' three of his great-grandchildren with her son. i know that it smells like pine-sol there. what? it's heaven isn't it? and, i know that the only way to get there is through our savior, Jesus Christ.

so, next time you start to mumble those words to a friend or a family member that has just lost someone close, say it like you mean it! and know that you mean it!

And, Nannie, know that we love you, and we'll meet you at home!


Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:6-8

Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
John 14:1-3

seriously...

these two videos play over and over again in my house. i know...these two?? together?

yes, these two. one makes me think of my roots, and the other makes me think of...well, my roots.






no one in my house can hear the first one without smilin'. and, for some reason, no one in my house can hear the second one without cryin'. hallelujah!