Greetings from sunny and warm Florida, and Happy Easter! The celebration of Jesus' resurrection is the sentinel event in our Christian lives. The Easter promise gives us all comfort, strength and peace knowing we will be united with our loved ones when it's our turn to go home. Praise God for that amazing gift!
In the meantime, we are still receiving messages from friends and family that they've had dreams about Karl or have had strange things happen that immediately make them think of Karl. There are two ways to explain these things: coincidence or the real deal. Because of our faith in God and in Jesus' words and deeds (and because of the comfort it brings) we believe Karl is around, letting us all know he's enjoying the Easter promise and that we can be absolutely sure of it.
If Karl has visited you in a dream, or if you were thinking of him and something out of the ordinary happened that seems too coincidental, will you please share your experience? Everyone seems to love these stories; it's such a testament to the Easter promise. I want to compile some of them (I won't name you [unless you want me to]), and post them on this blog so that everyone can see that there's too many events occurring for them to be happenstance. I find it amazing that even now Karl continues to strengthen my faith! I hope he's having the same effect on you.
In January when he heard we had made plans to come to Florida, Karl said in his typical, guilt-trip, chiding fashion, "Oh sure...leave the cripple up north in the cold while you have a great time on vacation in the warm sun. Don't worry about me. I'll be just fine."
As nice as it is here, I'm sure Karl is in a heckuva lot better place than us!
Enjoy your day and remember to rejoice in the promise of Easter!
Blessings
P.S. Email hamiltonsmith.family@gmail.com with your "Karl event" and let me know whether or not I can use your name. Thanks!
In the meantime, we are still receiving messages from friends and family that they've had dreams about Karl or have had strange things happen that immediately make them think of Karl. There are two ways to explain these things: coincidence or the real deal. Because of our faith in God and in Jesus' words and deeds (and because of the comfort it brings) we believe Karl is around, letting us all know he's enjoying the Easter promise and that we can be absolutely sure of it.
If Karl has visited you in a dream, or if you were thinking of him and something out of the ordinary happened that seems too coincidental, will you please share your experience? Everyone seems to love these stories; it's such a testament to the Easter promise. I want to compile some of them (I won't name you [unless you want me to]), and post them on this blog so that everyone can see that there's too many events occurring for them to be happenstance. I find it amazing that even now Karl continues to strengthen my faith! I hope he's having the same effect on you.
In January when he heard we had made plans to come to Florida, Karl said in his typical, guilt-trip, chiding fashion, "Oh sure...leave the cripple up north in the cold while you have a great time on vacation in the warm sun. Don't worry about me. I'll be just fine."
As nice as it is here, I'm sure Karl is in a heckuva lot better place than us!
Enjoy your day and remember to rejoice in the promise of Easter!
Blessings
P.S. Email hamiltonsmith.family@gmail.com with your "Karl event" and let me know whether or not I can use your name. Thanks!
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