When my parents immigrated to the USA from South Korea in 1991, I remember the tears of goodbye at the airport between my parents and their friends and family. They weren’t sure when they would see each other again, but they knew it would be a long time.
I snuck quietly behind Roy so that Joshua would see him first as he walked into the yard of the childcare centre.
At first, he stared, blinked, then as recognition and reality set in he ran to him, crying, “Daddy!” He clung to Roy like a koala for the rest of the day.
It had been two weeks since Roy had been home and the boys had missed him very much.
I like reunions because people get to express how much they care for each other; feelings of joy, relief, and tenderness exude from the face and body as people greet each other after separation.
Of course, reunions are only as good as the relationships represented.
"But those who drink the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John 4:14
One of the most prominent themes in the Bible is the Second Coming of Jesus. In Matthew 25, Jesus tells the parable of the 10 virgins. In this eschatological allegory, Jesus highlights the characteristics of those who will be prepared for His return.
