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Introduction

On August 15, 1997, just one week before our fifty-fifth wedding anniversary, the Lord had need of my husband Hal and called him home. His death was not totally unexpected, for he had been gravely ill for several years, but its time and manner were a surprise. Hal was in the hospital awaiting gall bladder surgery when he took a drastic turn for the worse and suddenly died.

Nine months have now passed, and I find I miss Hal more and more as time goes on. But grace has been abundant, and I can honestly say I wouldn’t bring him back for anything. Death and the grave are past, and Hal has been mercifully delivered from the pain he lived with constantly for years. I identify with King David who said, on the death of his son, “He will not return to me but I will go to him.”

A few months after Hal’s death, his spiritual director and his editor asked me if I would put together a second volume of Echoes of Eternity. Indeed, Hal had wanted to compile a second volume but had not had the time. As I began to work with these messages I found that Jesus was using them to bless and comfort me in my grief. The personal nature of some of the words prevents them from being made public, so with this second volume, we have now exhausted the messages Hal recorded in his journals and treasured as he faithfully kept his early morning appointments with the Lord.

I know many readers have been blessed and uplifted by the first volume of Echoes of Eternity. I trust you will find Echoes of Eternity, Volume II a support for your faith and an encouragement in your daily walk with Jesus. God bless you, and may your life be lived with joy and zest until you take up residence in your Heavenly home.

Helen HelmsApril 22, 1998