When I am in church on Sunday morning, I am enjoying fellowship with Christ, and by the

Spirit I am communing with Jesus.

And the fellowship that we enjoy as members of the Body of Christ transcends the local

congregation of which we are apart.

When the Apostles Creed talks about the church, it talks about the communion of saints.

We're not to confuse that with the celebration of the Lord's Supper, which we call the Holy

Communion.

The communion of saints points to something beyond that.

I just received a letter today from a young man, 26 years old, who is suffering from

a terminal illness.

He is soon to die.

And he wrote me to tell me that he had read one of my books of book on suffering, surprised

by suffering.

And he wanted to tell me that he was ready to go home.

And he said that he is looking forward to spending eternity with Christ.

And he said, I want you to know I'm going to die in faith.

And he gave me chill bumps to read this young man's letter.

I don't know what word I can find to describe what I felt towards him personally, but if

there was one word that captured it's the word pride, I was proud of this young man.

But as I began to think about him through the day, I thought there's some things I want

to talk to him about.

And one of them is meeting Martin Luther and St. Augustine and Calvin and Edwards and

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