These Old Heavenly Houses

The title of "These Old Heavenly Houses" leads into the subtitle "Mansions in Paradise." The houses described include those which the author lived in as a child and as a young man; however the emphasis is not on the wood and shingles of the houses but on the people who lived in them, with the suggestion that the personalities of the inhabitants create the aura of the house, an aura which remains with the house after the people are gone. As the houses absorb the heartaches, the joys,...
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The title of "These Old Heavenly Houses" leads into the subtitle "Mansions in Paradise." The houses described include those which the author lived in as a child and as a young man; however the emphasis is not on the wood and shingles of the houses but on the people who lived in them, with the suggestion that the personalities of the inhabitants create the aura of the house, an aura which remains with the house after the people are gone. As the houses absorb the heartaches, the joys, the sadness, the fears of the people, they absorb also the spiritual aura of the souls who have dwelt within. Consequently, as the houses live and die through decay or catastrophe, perhaps their souls, created by the inhabitants, proceed to heaven where they become the mansions in which the souls which have gone on can once again dwell in the "Mansions in Paradise."