Silas on Heaven

3 years ago today I sat on the loveseat with Silas and turned on the video camera that had been given to us as a gift. It had been just days since we were told he would not live much longer and in fact he only lived 10 more weeks after this video was taken. I might have made an effort to tidy the house up a little if I had any idea this short video would be seen by millions! 

I have given up counting now but last year we estimated it had been seen over 15 million times and shared on many many websites and facebook pages all over the internet. I have heard many stories of how this simple little Heaven video has touched so many lives around the world. Subtitles have been added in many different languages and I have heard stories of people who have watched it in Mexico, Germany, Britain, Japan, China, Brazil, Portugal, Peru, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the list goes on and on!

I have shared this before but I will share it again. I was asked once when I started teaching Silas about Heaven. Was it when he was diagnosed? Was it when his prognosis became terminal? No, we started teaching Silas about Heaven when he was a baby. We have talked to all of our children about the Lord, about Salvation, about the Bible, and about Heaven all of their lives. We wanted them to know their whole lives that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and that He loves them so much.

We look forward to Heaven more now than ever. It is a wonderful place beyond what we can imagine now. 1 Corinthians 2:9 says "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those that love Him." We know it will be a place where we will be reunited with Silas and others who loved the Lord who have gone on before us, we also know it will be a place where we will be face to face with Jesus! A place of continuous praise and worship to our God and King! What an awesome thing to look forward to!

Silas on Heaven

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