The Sunday morning service began like every other. Jeanette came down from the choir loft & took her seat between two friends. She sat back to enjoy the special music and the preaching of the Word. However, something caught her eye on the upper right wall. Something like a big, white cloud with a clear center. Afterwards she would think how much it reminded her of the bubble where words went in the comics.
She softly gasped at what she was seeing and almost audibly said, "There's Roy." Before her, within the cloud, was her husband. He did not look like the man who had died months earlier. He was the young man she married so many years ago. He was smiling broadly and said, "Here she comes". He turned and looked back at someone standing behind him. The figure was visible only from the waist down and he wore a robe the color of homespun. Then it was gone, replaced by the wall that had been there all along.
Jeanette had no idea what the special music had been and it was impossible to concentrate on the pastor's sermon. She knew she had been given an incredible gift and she was consumed by the joy of it all. Months passed and the vision stayed in her mind and heart. She thought about what Roy had said, "Here she comes". She was neither afraid nor did she feel this was a sign of imminent death. She knew, for some unknown reason, God had slightly opened heaven and allowed her to see the man she would always love.
At her lowest moments, this comforted her. She knew when the time did come for her to cross the veil, Roy would be waiting.
