Heaven is not a prison with tier upon tier of cells; but a HOME. And what is home without the recognition and love of fond hearts? So long as we read of David going to his child; of Paul anticipating the pleasure of meeting again his converts; of the women and the disciples being able to recognise the Saviour amid the glory of the resurrection body – we are prepared to believe, with the patriarch, that dying is re-union with those to whom in the deepest sense we are related. Spiritual affinities are for all time and eternity, and will discover themselves through all worlds.
(Mrs Charles Cowman, after the death of her husband)
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and you will call him Immanuel."
Isaiah 7: 14