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

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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.
>
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