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ETERNITY
BY: MARK ANTHONY ROSOLOWSKI


Eternity, a quick definition is: timelessness after death: a timeless state conceived as being experienced after death.

Can man really comprehend the meaning of eternity, can man understand no beginning and no end.

After my wife died, and her funeral was over, the reality of what happened set in on me. What I mean by that is the days immediately following her death were so full of activity and friends that I had no chance to think about what had happened no time that I was on my own. I knew in my heart and in my mind what had happened but I had not yet had to think about it, it was there but it was not there.

The day after the funeral, I set about cleaning the house, setting things in order, moving furniture around so that the room did not look empty. I placed chairs where she use to sit in her wheelchair, I put the television tray where she kept her ash tray and her drinks away, I set everything to order and asked God why He could not take me too.

I yelled at God for leaving me here alone, for taking Donna away from me, for leaving me empty and useless. The next minute I was begging for His forgiveness, for His Love, to give me the understanding that I needed, to help me get through this stage of grief.

My answer came in a dream that night. Donna was talking to me, I heard her say, “Mark, the time you will spend on Earth has an end and it will come when God is ready for you to join us.” She continued, “There is work for you to do, God has shown me and He knows you can do it, He has given you that gift.” As she was fading from me, I heard in a voice I did not know, “When it is your time, you will be called home, and then you will have an eternity.”

I am going on with life, searching for what God wants me to do, is it using the gift of words to get His message out to people in everyday language and situations that all can relate to? Or is it something else? I do not know what God wants me to do; I am just following the path I see before me. I know this path will lead me to another love because God does not want His children to suffer. I know my life on earth has a definite end and when it comes I will have an eternity with all the people I have loved.

Isn’t that a wonderful thought, to be with those you love forever, without end?

Dear Lord,
Please help me understand the pain I have now
To live with the sorrow but not let it control me
Give me the wisdom to seek out my mission
And let me use my gifts to Your Greater Glory
Give me the understanding that life here is short
And the ability to comprehend an eternal life
When my job here is done,
Amen