Hear Their Voices

Can you hear them –

those who have gone before us

speak to us

 and watch over us?

We are surrounded by our loved ones,

present both physically and spiritually.

It is a miracle when their voices

bring the words of the Holy Spirit

the times we lack the words.

I recently had a near death experience;

I was standing in God’s doorway

ready to step into the eternal beauty

of His kingdom.

But I was pulled back and awoke

in a hospital bed surrounded

by three images that I call angels.

They were a great comfort to me,

bringing the living water of Christ to heal me.

In a recent period of meditation,

I was brought back to that moment

and the angels revealed themselves

as the spirits

of my father, mother, and sister.

My comfort and spiritual being

are lifted by the voices of the loved ones

no longer with me.

Can you hear yours?

Those spirits who guide you through life?

 Listen!

We are in the Spirit of God’s presence forever.

Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.