I had a new life experience a couple days ago. I visited an hospice. A family friend is now in hospice care and busily making arrangements for her own funeral. She has asked me to sing and wanted to make sure I knew which songs, what order, etc.
I wasn't sure what to expect when arriving at the hospice and was really quite surprised. It was a regular looking house on a regular looking street, but when you went inside what a different spirit you find. Right away you knew that there was something special going on here.
Our friend's small room was filled with people, including small kids running around and visiting "Grandma". The room had the bed, a chair and couch, an armoire, french doors that looked out onto a garden, and two pictures on the walls. After discussing her plans for her funeral, she told us about the pictures on the walls.
One was of a garden gate. The kind you see in old English gardens that have actual walls. It looked like a wooden door. This picture was facing her bed and she told us when she first came into the room she couldn't see it very well and wasn't sure what it was a picture of. By the next day she could make out that it was some sort of door way and soon she said it looked to her like a veil. Now she could see it. It was the veil she would be passing through soon into the next part of her life. And look, couldn't we see that there was the shadow of a person on the other side of the veil. So you see, when you go through there is someone there waiting for you. The other picture was on the side wall and she finally could make out that it was a bench. That was where the Savior came and sat beside her during the long nights. Waiting with her until she walked through the veil.
I am so thankful to have been able to have this experience with the Spirit. Another one in many to help strengthen my faith and remind me of the tender mercies of the Lord.
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