A foretaste of heaven and the burden of hell

What a glorious Easter morning we had at the Resource Centre. The singing of Man of Sorrows and Thine be the glory was a forestaste of heaven itself.

We then travelled to our hometown of Bath to spend a few days visiting family. Bath is really a little foretaste of heaven too. Apart from the fact that it has the most beautiful buildings in England, surrounded by gorgeous countryside, we open our mouths and people understand our accents! Not only that there is lardy cake to die for from the local bakery. It is hard to get on missionary service in Yorkshire so we bought a huge one.

But the burden of hell? It has to be Alan's unsaved family. Alan has two families, his birth family and his adopted family. Neither know the Lord.

It was good to sit round the table with Alan's real Mum, one of his brothers, his sister and their families. It was fun,they are nice, the conversation was pleasant but if they don't find Jesus we won't spend eternity with them. It's a burden.

We visited Alan's adopted Dad who brought him up and with whom Alan's adopted sister, her husband and son are staying. There are lots of issues and it is not a happy household. It is no wonder when you know what stuff they are into, in the search for peace and answers. When we got back to the place where we are staying I wrote in my prayer diary. "O Lord, spiritualism, astrology and the Daily Mail, what a combination! They are in a mess but not looking to Jesus for answers. We love them and we try to share our faith sensitively with them when cirucmstances let us get anywhere near a real conversation but the barriers are well and truly up. If they don't find Jesus we won't spend eternity with them. It's a burden.

But we keep on believing and praying that they will come home to the Father.
All things are possible with God. Hallelujah!

God bless

Carol