Glory! Glory! Glory!

Over yonder is where we are going.  "There's a land that is fairer than day, and by faith we can see it afar, for the Father waits over the way to prepare us a dwelling place there.  In the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore, in the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore."  (In the Sweet By and By)  So many of us are getting closer to the land where so many have gone ahead.  The older we get, the more of those we know now wait for us on the other side.    

The other side of the River is just over yonder now. Sometimes it seems that the moving waters can be heard pushing against those golden shores, sometime it seems that the fragrance of the holy water is in the air, and sometimes it seems that voices singing out "Glory!" can be heard on this the earthly side.  The older we get, the less does it seem that the shore on the other side of River is so far away.    So many have made it across.  Our fathers and mothers have made the journey.  Grandparents and others, too.  Maybe even some whose memory still brings pain to our heart have made it across the way and wait there for us.  Some have been there for what seems to us like such a long, long time, but to them on heaven's shore it is likely more like an immeasurable fleeting moment of eternity.  

There they wait,  They wait on the other side of the River, but they are not alone.  The Father waits with them.  The Son shines forth midst the Eternal Light which comes from within Him.  And, the Holy Spirit, waits and watches, and rejoices that so many of the saints have gathered on the other shore and are waiting for us to come and join with them in singing, "Glory!  Glory to the Father!  Glory to the Son! Glory to the Spirit!  Amen!"