Fly to Jesus

Training for Today: Rest

Devotion: Fly to Jesus

Today’s devotion is especially personal, but I want to share a moment with you. It’s from the heart and about the heart. We can think about the heart from many different perspectives, whether it’s the collective emotions we feel toward someone or something, or the part of the anatomy that sustains life with its beat.


Right after my most difficult loss, I remember wondering when the final moment of life had occurred for my baby. When was that final heartbeat? (To an expecting mother, the heartbeat is the measure of life.) And, once that final heartbeat sounded, what did that little one experience?

In my own heart, I imagined that little one being caught up in the warmth of the Father’s arms. I imagined the freedom from life’s burdens. And, I imagined heaven’s rejoicing that my little one was safely home.

On my way to work one morning, with these images in my mind, I turned on my car radio. My timing (or God’s timing) couldn’t have been better. A song began playing that added a salience to my images that I never thought possible, and I’d like to share it with you.

Perhaps you’ve had similar reflections about the heart of loss. When was the final heartbeat? What did your own heart experience on behalf of the one you’d lost? Through Christ, we have the confidence that, though our final heartbeats may be the end of life on earth, they are the beginning of an eternal life in the perfection of heaven. Fly to Jesus!

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Prayer
Dear Jesus, thank you for coming to earth as our ransom. Because of you, we know that your loving arms await us in our heavenly home. My heart rejoices in your promises! Amen.