Welcome back to the podcast on this Friday to close out the week as you may know we get

a lot of pretty touching emails about marriage.

Like the one I'm about to read today, it's from a grieving woman, an anonymous woman, a

young woman who lives in the Philippines.

Here's what she writes.

Dear Pastor John, I have been up until recently very happily married.

I am now widowed.

My husband died just a few weeks ago and I am devastated.

I believe there's a reason for why I have been left behind.

I trust God on that.

I believe there's a reason why he had to go.

I could trust God on that.

And I believe that we can make it without him.

Myself our young son and the church, my husband, led.

I find myself experiencing joy and longing, trust and nervousness, peace and homesickness

for heaven.

Aside from missing him and wanting the life we had back, what I can't seem to wrap

my head around are these questions.

Why did God even allow me and my husband to share a love like ours on earth if this

will mean nothing in heaven?

Can't I at least be guaranteed that my husband will still be my best friend in heaven?

Will he even be excited to see me when I get there?

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