Child-like faith

Heaven According to Grace….

**warning tissues will be needed**

When Papaw decided he had fought the good fight here on Earth and was ready to go home my biggest concern was not how I would handle the grieving process, but how a little girl who adored her Papaw would handle the grieving process.  Many people said it would not even phase Grace, but a close friend told me that she would understand more than we would ever know. 

Since Spring when Papaw went to Heaven Grace has had a lot of questions and thoughts concerning Heaven.  On numerous occasions we have been blown away by her child-like faith and comprehension of Heaven.  

A few days before Papaw went to Heaven we went to Dunkin’ Donuts to get him a chocolate donut and Grace of course wanted a pink donut.  Then the morning after Papaw went to Heaven we stopped for a donut and Grace announced from the backseat “We don’t need to get Papaw a donut because he in Heaven today.” 

G: “Momma, are there bouncy balls in Heaven?” 

G: “Momma, if we get new bodies in Heaven does that mean we get new bones too?” 

(One morning on the way to Miss Nancy’s)

B: “Grace did you have any dreams last night?” 

G: “Yeah.”  B: “What did you dream about? “

  G: “I dream about Papaw in Heaven. He was eating a donut and drinking coffee with Jesus.” 

G: “Momma, have you asked Jesus in your heart?”

B: “Yes, Grace I have.” 
G: “That means you are going to Heaven with me!” 

G: “Momma, does Charlie know how to talk yet?”

B: “He’s learning.”
G” I’ve got to teach him words so that he can go to Heaven with me.”

(Driving home in the dark one night)

G: “Momma, look at those beautiful Christmas lights.”
after about 5 minutes of silence….

G: “Momma, you think Jesus put Christmas lights up in Heaven this year for Papaw?”

(After visiting the cemetery one day)

G: “Momma, why do you we come to the cemetery?  Papaw isn’t in the ground he’s in

Heaven.” 

Grace’s child-like faith continues to make more real to those she encounters.