No matter what the circumstances, we can be grateful that God fulfills His promises, that our faith is sufficient to sustain us, and that our eternal life is assured.

Later in the day, a second verse became clear to my vision. It read: "Pray without ceasing."

God doesn't need verbal language for communication.

Jesus conveyed the impression of complete love, compassion, kindness, and infinite patience.

I began to see my life and each breath I am given as a living prayer to God and a way to pray for others for our world.

I feel as though I am trying to describe a three-dimensional experience while living in a two-dimension world. The appropriate words, descriptions, and concepts don't even exist in our current language. I have subsequently read the accounts of other people's near-death experiences and their portrayals of heaven and I am able to see the same limitations in their descriptions and vocabulary that I see in my own.

By freely choosing to believe God's promises, a person's faith may be more strongly embraced and, therefore, less likely to falter in times of struggle, sadness, or other such difficulties.