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"Heaven's Mail" Is About Remembering Those We Leave Behind
Added: (Thu Aug 17 2006)
We all jump off the cliff at the outskirts of our lives at some point - we have no choice but to embark on a journey which we know precious little about. Death itself is inevitable.
Unless we feel we're prepared for our final moment, this thought and the fear of the unknown can understandably create considerable stress the nearly we come to the edge. After all, no one typically keeps in touch with the dead after they've embarked for their crossing.
After death, no one is able to call home and tell his family that they made it across safely. But what if you could "phone home"? Or send a postcard, or birthday card to the son, daughter or grandchild you left behind? Imagine how comforting a regular message from you, received over the course of your loved one's life, particularly when your loved one is faced with the inevitable crossing himself, to see you again after years of absence!
If you've taken the time to keep in touch with him or her, then naturally, that loved one feels closer to you and thus should have less trepidation about the prospect of plunging across to the other side, especially considering that they may expect to find you waiting there for them.
Another way to look at death is as a very long and compulsory journey away from your loved ones on this Earth. This absence does not last forever-perhaps, ten, twenty, or thirty years. Imagine for a moment: if you were a naval officer asked by your commander-in-chief to go on a critical mission for your country. This mission would involve being in a submarine for 5 years, and that you would not be able to communicate with your wife or children at all during this 5 year period. In this case, you'd be motivated to write letters in advance to be mailed by a friend to your family on special occasions, like your wedding anniversary, son's birthday, etc. If you felt you had absolutely no choice in the matter, would this not be a source of lament, even though you were assured that a mission accomplished would mean the difference between winning and losing the war? Death is like this, although God replaces the commander-in-chief. In death, you must leave behind those you love dearly, who love you dearly, and who have come to rely on you.
In the past, one feeble means of keeping in touch was via an epitaph on a granite tombstone. The message was often selected by the deceased and carved in a medium that would ensure its ability to communicate with the living for ages to come. However, this ages-old technology did not permit any sort of interaction with the recipient of the message. Another was via scribes that wrote the messages down and preserved them for future generations. Religious texts are good examples of this and a much better, more dynamic means of communications with the future generations. However, like tombstones, these texts are not overtly personalized, and only deliver their message when the recipient seeks it out.
If prior to leaving behind your loved ones, particularly your children, you were given a tool to enable you to send postcards home, you would take advantage of this opportunity, wouldn't you? Of course! And if you didn't "write home" despite the ability to do so, would this not justify your simply being forgotten? After all, in this case, you'd have "forgotten" your loved ones by having not kept in touch with them! Take just a moment to reflect on these thoughts drawing from your own experiences in life...
If it wasn't already clear, now, I think you will begin to understand what Heaven's Mail is all about: it's simply the only way we know for you to keep in touch with your loved ones, to share your love, hope, faith or even favorite jokes and recipes for years to come, until reunited in heaven! And its purpose we hope should now be clear: to enable you to remind your loved ones of your enduring love, and thereby comfort them, until you meet again!
For more information, visit Heaven's Mail, a service of
The Eternal Portal