“In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.” (John 16:16)
My dad returned to Puerto Rico last night. I am so thankful of that, but I can’t believe it! It was a pinch-me moment just to see my dad talking in the sofa again. Of course, the battle of uncertainty popped in: How will we adjust to these last two weeks, or at least spend it without a yelling for stupidity? What are the things to do, what we have to take? Two weeks is too much for me to wait. (Tell it to the one who waited four months to see his father again!)
Some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” (John 16:17)
I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. (John 16:19-23)
When I saw Papi, it reminded me of this fact. Papi was four months away with us, and now we’re with him. It wasn’t that much of an emotional encounter we thought of, but it was at least a warm hug of love and hope we longed for.
I guess this is what awaits me in Heaven.