Graduation

This Saturday marked a sad day for us. Little Tomas Hollenback graduated into glory after a long hard fight with a brain tumor. He graduated into Glory and heard the words “Well done good and faithful servent.” We are praying for the family. Tomas was a good kid and had such a heart for Christ. In times like these, we often want to blame God or shoot him down. We want to curse Him out but we must remember that it is His plan, not ours. Instead we should give thanks and praise. WHAT?!? Give thanks and praise for a kids death?!? YES! Now, don’t get me wrong, it is hard. But what would you do if you didn’t have that loved one at all?

It was hard for me to grasp this mentality, just read Testimony. When I lost my grandparents, I cursed God. But we must remember, when we graduate, all things will be made clear. Sure we all have questions for God now. But we are still thinking in a fleshly state of mind. If God wanted us, he would call us up. There is nothing we could do to stop Him. All that we can do is praise Him and thank Him. Praise Him for he is a just and righteous God. Thank him for giving you the time that you got to spend with the loved one you just lost.

Toby Keith wrote a song called Wayman’s song where he states that he is not crying for you, he was crying for himself. For he had just lost a good friend and was feeling sad for he knew his friend had graduated into glory and that Toby had to stay behind. If we must be mournful, it should be that we must stay behind but keep in mind, that there is a day that we will be called up to be with our lost ones and with God. I often think about that day and I see myself dropping to my knees and balling my eyes out as Jesus approaches. What a day that will be.

For Jesus said he is going to prepare a place for us. To me that is amazing, that Jesus, is preparing a place for me. We just have to wait untill he calls us up. Little Tomas is up there just relaxing in his mansion that Christ prepared and most importantly, he is cancer free!

Lose is only temporary. We must keep that in mind. One day very soon we will be up there just basking in His glory. Just like little Tomas is doing now.