I have no difficulty believing this either.  God is so good and knows
exactly what we need!  Ruth so much needed that release after your Mom died.
She was talking about that dress when we went out together.  I didn't know
about this incident then but she was saying that she'd seen one in a shop
exactly like that one, or something like that, to Sandra (Phil's sisters in
case anyone is wondering).


--
Carol

----- Original Message -----
From: "j.ireland" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:39 PM
Subject: Re: Heaven on earth


> Very interesting experience.  I agree that it should not be something we
> specifically seek.  But I have no trouble believing that our God, in his
> infinite wisdom, could do this for one of his children that needed this
type
> of confirmation.
>
> Vicki
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:40 PM
> Subject: Heaven on earth
>
>
> >      My youngest sister is 47 years old.  When our mother died a
> > year ago, she took it pretty hard.  In her grief, she even said
> > she wanted Mom to come back to her, if there was any way, just to
> > let her know she was all right.  Ruth has been a Christians since
> > she was little but the loss of our mother was a weight very heavy
> > for her to carry.
> >
> >      Recently, while I was in the hospital with pneumonia and the
> > flue, Ruth was there one morning and told me this story.
> >
> >      She said she had a dream one night.  She was over at our
> > older sister's home.  The phone rang and my oldest sister picked
> > it up.  It was Mom.  She talked for awhile and in the dream, Ruth
> > kept trying to get my older sister to let her talk to Mom.  Mom
> > told my oldest sister, in the dream, to tell Ruth she would get in
> > touch with her later.  The dream ended.
> >
> >      Recently, Ruth told me, she and my oldest sister had gone
> > dress shopping.  When they exited the store, it was completely
> > dark and the parking lot wasn't all that well lighted.  They made
> > their way down the row of cars, found theirs, and went home.
> >
> >      Some time after this real experience, Ruth had a dream which
> > unfolded exactly as the shopping trip she and my oldest sister had
> > been on days before.  They left the store and entered the darkness
> > of the night.  They walked down the row of cars and as they came
> > to their car, there was our mother.  She was standing and waiting
> > for them.  Mom had her leg removed due to poor circulation about a
> > week before she died.  The surgery proved to be too much for her
> > and she had a massive stroke and all communication with her was
> > lost.  In my sister's dream, there was Mom, standing by the car,
> > and standing on both legs.  Mom was dressed in a bright white
> > dress.  Ruth said, it was uncommonly white and actually seemed to
> > be self illuminating in the darkness.  Mom talked to her two
> > daughters for awhile and then said she had to leave.  She hugged
> > each of them.  Ruth told me that it was so real, she could feel
> > the warmth of Mom's body.  She also said she noticed her skin was
> > no longer wrinkled from age but felt smooth and youthful.  As she
> > told me this story in the hospital, she said she could still feel
> > the physical presence of our Mom as they hugged each other.
> >
> >      I don't recommend going around looking for after death
> > experiences such as this because you could get yourself into
> > trouble if it happened to be an imposter.  In this case, however,
> > I believe it was real.  I believe the Lord allowed it for the
> > benefit of my sister.  I have no personal desire to have such an
> > experience but I sure am looking forward to seeing Mom once again
> > in that glorious place where everything is bright and shining.
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> >
> > WWW.SafePlaceFellowship.COM
> >
>