We will all be with God one day

We have been doing HBL (home based learning) for the past week, leading to Children's day. And as per my exasperated fellow moms' cries, everyday is a children's day for them now. And indeed it is. The girls have been going to bed later each night, energized by their sleep in mornings. Every morning. 

So when Claire, yet again, came out of her room after bedtime, I was ready to holler her back to bed. But when she came, misty eyed, muttering “如果mommy 和daddy有一天死掉了，那我和姐姐会怎么样？”, I hesitated for a second (she is after all an excellent actress), and then softened. 

I took her into my arms and looked her in her eyes. And told her that if one day we die, we will surely meet again. Because the bible said so. That one day, when we all die, we will gather with Jesus and God, and we will be reunited again. In the meanwhile, if that is to happen, we have already prepared everything. There will be people we have asked to take care of her and Jie Jie. We will certainly not leave them all alone. And God gave her a wonderful gift, her best friend, Jie Jie who will be with her. And above all, God is always with her. No matter what happened. 

With that, she wiped her tears, she gave me a hug and went back to sleep. No fuss. No arguing. Just trust. Oh that precious faith. 

I remember I used to have the same fear when I was young. I woke my mom one night, crying, telling her I don't want her to die. She gave a little laugh and instead of scolding me, she sent me back to bed gently saying "不会的啦". I remember that fear. And the gentleness from her. I hope Claire will remember this moment too. But this time round, she has a better assurance. An eternal assurance. From God himself. That we will all gather in a place, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands, but by the hands of our Lord Jesus, a place where we will never perish, where tears are wiped away by Lord the father himself. 

Sleep my dearest. Sleep. Rest my dearest. Rest. For nothing reassures us more than that. That nothing, not  death, not life, not angels, not rulers, not power, not height, nor depth, nothing, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. May your heart be wrapped in this assuring peace, not of the world, but from Jesus, and sleep.