Jason's 47th Birthday!
Jason on the whitewater, Summer 2004 ♥
Today is Jason's 47th Birthday! This is his 21st birthday that has passed with him being in heaven. Time is flying by! But every year... every day really... is another day closer to entering heaven ourselves and seeing him again.
Life is fragile and fleeting. None of us know how long we will have here... but we can know where we are going and we should not fear! If you have accepted Christ, you are saved through the gift of His sacrifice on the cross, and you are assured an eternity in heaven! Salvation through Christ does not mean you will have an easy life here, or even a long life, but you do have assurance and peace in your heart that you know the end of the story and it is beautiful! There is hope because of Jesus! And when we reach heaven, there is no more pain and suffering. There is an eternity of peace and joy beyond our wildest imagination, and enjoying fellowship with Christ Himself, forever.
Jason only had 26 short years here but he lived out his faith authentically. He and Lindsay both served Jesus. They chose Him over worldly things. I feel so blessed to have shared so many wonderful years with Jason in our childhood. Those memories are precious to me! Those memories used to be so painful, when the grief of his tragic death was raw and profound, but now they are beautiful again. Sometimes I would give anything to go back and re-live even just one of those days... but time only moves forward.
Jason's mom shared a sweet note and poem in his memory:
This is Jason's 47th birthday. God loaned him to us for 26 years, which to us was a very short time. Because Jason accepted Jesus as his Savior and Lord, God's comfort to us has always been the promise to be with him again, to hug him, to talk with him, to share in the adventures in heaven with him and to worship our Holy Father with him. There is no greater comfort.
Happy Birthday in Heaven,
Mom~~~~~~~~~~~
"When God Comforted Me," by Colleen Mclean:
From heaven he was delivered
As a baby unto you,
When God said to me softly
I'm trusting you to do
Everything that's needed
To nurture and to love.
He's your little angel
Sent from me above.You see... spirits cannot be
Held, hugged, or kissed.
The body that was his vessel
Is what you'll surely miss,
But his spirit that I shared with you
On that one special day,
That is what I promise
To never take away.So he is back in heaven now
The earth was not his place.
He taught you all he could
About dignity and grace,
So as you grieve and weep
To see him once again,
I promise he's waiting here
When you get to heaven.