Heavean Lasts Always

 

 

 

This Life’ll soon be over. Heaven Lasts Always.

 

So many times we suffer for the sake of Heaven being our home.

We settle. We compromise. We allow.

We don’t fight. We don’t challenge. We don’t question.

We tell ourselves that Heaven is our reward.

We bank on heaven being our escape.

What if I told you that heaven is your home, and earth was your vacation?

 

Enjoy this side of heaven for there are great rewards for you here!

Yes, earth has its share of hurts, pains, and disappointments but today I declare your serenity as those things that are within your power to change, that you do so.

 

Dream Big, Love Hard, Laugh Much!

 

Celie:
Sometimes my husband get on me so hard, he hurt me all over. 
But he my husband. So I jus' talk to my ol' maker. 
This life'll soon be over. Heaven last always!

Sofia:
What you oughta do is bash Mister's head open and thank ol' Heaven later. 
You cant stay here, girl! Sisters!

 

Dream Big, Love Hard, Laugh Much!

 

Oh Celie, only if you saw the beauty in your eyes, the strength in your hands, the love in your heart.

Celie, my Celie, what a wonder you are. Gifted beyond your wildest dreams. A promise to behold.

Now you didn’t bash Mister’s head but that knife to the throat sho did the trick.

Yes! Take back what was stolen and walk in a freedom only you can discover.

Sophia, laugh on baby laugh on cause you are home NOW!

Squeak, I gladly call you Mary Agnes

Shug Avery, may the peace of the Father surpass every raw experience

Nettie, thank you for breaking the generational curse

Olivia, you are living the prayers sent up before you

 

Celie, Nettie, and Olivia Dreamed Big

Shug Avery and Mary Agnes Loved Hard

&

Sophia Laughed much

May we as women today learn from their triumphs and plan our own escapes to freedom.

 

This Life’ll soon be over. Heaven Lasts Always.

Indeed.