"I just want you to know there's nothing to be afraid of. On one side, there is life. And on the other...there is life, too." ~~Andrew, Random Acts

"In heaven, eternity can be found in but a single moment." ~~Monica, Birthmarks

"Sometimes it takes his own death for a man to get his life right." ~~Andrew, The Face on the Bar Room Floor

"It's time to start forever." ~~Andrew, Restoration

"People have been painting pictures and writing songs and making movies about heaven and all ever since they could breathe, but they have never come close." ~~Tess, Fear Not!

"You're not only always going to hear the angels. When little children get older, other voices drown the angel voices out. But you should never stop listening for them. Sometimes you'll hear them in the trees. Sometimes you'll hear them in the crickets at dusk. Sometimes you'll only hear an angel in the sound of "hello." But never stop listening. And never forget that you did once hear them. And some day you'll hear them again." ~~Clara, A Joyful Noise

"This life is a flicker.  It burns white hot for an instance and then it's gone.  But it sets the course for the eternity." ~~ Tess, The Homecoming, Part II

"There is mercy for you in heaven even though it's hard to find on earth." ~~Andrew, The Journalist

"When you  stand before God, don't you want to see the face of a friend, instead of a stranger?" ~~Monica, Into the Light

"You see, with God, there is no time.  Yesterday, today, and tomorrow all belong to Him, right now.  And He's willing to give it all to you this instant, if you'll accept it." ~~ Tess, Forget Me Not

“Imagine that you are locked in a closet for years…  Now, uh, during this incarceration, you have a baby…  Now, you hope to get out, right, but you don’t know.  So you start drawing pictures of, uh, birds and, um, trees and dogs, you know, to show this baby of yours, who has never seen what life is like out in the real world.  So, imagine that, uh, one day this baby comes and says, ‘You know, uh gee, houses and birds and trees and dogs are all pretty small and, um, flat, aren’t they?'  And you realize that no matter how hard you try to draw these pictures, you can never get this baby of yours to ever imagine what reality looks like.  Never.  Not until he sees it for himself.  So in the meantime you tell this child that you love him and you ask him to trust you.” ~~Andrew, My Dinner with Andrew (Inspired by C.S. Lewis who was, in turn, inspired by Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.”)

"On this side there is life and there with Him... there is life also and it is there you shall behold Him... face to face." ~~Monica, The Spirit of Liberty Moon

"Heaven is like every beautiful day you're ever seen.  Every beautiful flower you've ever smelled.  Every kiss you've ever had."  ~~Monica, The Medium and the Message

"There are as many different angels as there are different people who need them." ~~Monica, The Medium and the Message

"Heaven begins in the place where you meet Him." ~~Monica, Godspeed

"God's light is eternal." ~~Andrew, Bar Mitzvah

"God has angels every where." ~~Monica, Pandora's Box

"God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow." ~~Monica, Pandora's Box

"When you've seen the truth and you realize that life doesn't just begin with birth and end with death, suddenly everything matters.  Every act.  Every choice.  But the fact is that most people are afraid of that.  And they decide that it's easier to go back to the other side of the curtain and try to forget what they've seen."  ~~Monica, Legacy

"God wants you to know that He is life itself.  And that He holds all the life there was and is and is to be in His hands already." ~~Monica, The Empty Chair

"She lives in the presence of God and that is the most beautiful place you can imagine." ~~Andrew, I Am An Angel

"She has that peace now.  A complete peace beyond anything you could ever imagine.  A peace that lives completely in this very moment and in the presence of God.  And that's where your mother is right now, with Him.  And if you will stop and listen to what God has to say, not about tomorrow but about this same moment, you can have this peace, as well." ~~Monica, The Penalty Box

"Ya know, death isn't the end of anything." ~~Andrew, Famous Last Words

"There are so many mysteries about life and death that you cannot understand.  So many things that you cannot control.  There are many things that you can know and God wants you to know that He loves you so much." ~~Monica, Ship-in-a-Bottle

"They live today, right now, in His presence.... in joy, in peace, and in no pain." ~~Monica, Ship-in-a-Bottle

"You know those stories about angels who show up just exactly when you need em?  And they lead ya right to what you're looking for?  That's what I am." ~~Andrew, The Impossible Dream

"There's a little corner of Heaven: a place where the mountains and the lake and the sky all come together just like glass and there on that mountaintop someone is waitin' for you." ~~Monica, As It Is In Heaven

"Angels go where God sends them and they speak to the hearts of those God has prepared for them." ~~Monica, At the End of the Aisle


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