Reflecting back

**So those of you who are reading this live probably noticed that I didn't write for a few weeks. There is a reason for that, but I'm not ready to write about it just yet. In the meantime, I didn't take very good notes about what I wanted to include in the blog, so you'll have to excuse me if this doesn't flow as well as previous posts and that I'm about to backtrack some.


      I was reflecting back on the conversation I had with Dr. Denison  and there were two points that really stuck with me from our conversation. The first one has been a huge comfort to me since that day, and it was about Kaitlyn missing me.
      "You understand, of course, that Kaitlyn doesn't miss you because there's no time in Heaven," he had started.
      "What do you mean?" I asked, a little confused.
      "Well, it's easy for us to think of God as transcending space and knowledge: He knows everything and He is everywhere all at once. But another thing about God is that with Him there is no time. So for Kaitlyn, you're not missing. She literally turns around and you're already with her," he continued. "So to her, you haven't been gone long enough for her to miss you. Our time here is so short- it's like the dot before the line of eternity."
        That comforted me immensely. The Mom side of me is still trying to protect Kaitlyn from hurting, even though I know that there is no pain or hurt in Heaven.
        "Do you think that our loved ones are allowed or able to visit us here on Earth?" I asked.
        "No," he said a little shortly, but continued. "But there is a debate over that. Hebrews 12:1 says that we have a 'cloud of witnesses' to what we do, but I, personally, don't think that means our loved ones come back. I believe it is talking about the people who are still here and watching us live our lives. Plus, I don't see how someone could come back and see us here in the broken world and not be sad. So, no, I don't think that our loved ones come back. But I could be wrong," he laughed at the end.
        To be honest, that last part made me a little sad. I've felt like Kaitlyn has visited us before because I could just sense her presence. I was hoping for him to tell me that they absolutely come back so I could not feel crazy.

        After a little soul searching, I've decided that I disagree with Dr. Denison. Shocking, we can agree to disagree and in the end it really won't matter.
        The biggest evidence I've found for the fact that some of our loved ones in Heaven do come back to see us is straight out of the mouth of a resurrected Jesus.
       

"Look at my hands and my feet. It's really me!

Touch me and see, for a ghost doesn't have flesh

and bones like you see I have."

Luke 24:39

       Depending on which version of the Bible you have, "spirit" may be substituted for the word "ghost". Either way, why would Jesus waste his time saying that if ghosts/spirits didn't come back and see us? This implies to me that spirits do come back and sometimes they may appear as real as a person, which is why Jesus asked the disciples to touch His hands and feet to prove that He was physically resurrected. 

       Take that as you will, but when I read that scripture the first thing my mind went back to was the conversation with Dr. Denison and one day, maybe, I"ll point that scripture out to him and see what his thoughts are on it.