Though now I'm a bit more confused:
But clearly she is my sister and always will be herself. So whereas I cannot say what she is up to when I am not there, her person survives.
1. Clearly is my sister
2. Always will be herself
3. Cannot say what she is up to when you are not there
4. Her person survives
1, 2 & 4 trumpet to me--PERSONALITY, IDENTITY, PERSONHOOD. Are you now agreeing that is so or do the words mean something different to you or what? I'm confuzzzed.
I think most reports of seeing loved ones and others in Heaven are that they are a perfected, 'glorified' version of what they looked like about age 30. Would that ring true with your experience of your sister?
Am really NOT trying to be bothersome or obtuse or contrary. Am REALLY SEEKING to UNDERSTAND, Dear Sister in The Lord.
Evidently when you say "personality" you are meaning "person" or "identity" whereas others are interpreting "personality" to mean "willfulness" and in particular self-centeredness.
Even though the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are One - and there are no bright lines to separate them - they each are Persons.
Truly there will be no place in the new heaven and earth for self-centeredness. When you get right down to it, that is what got Satan into trouble, Adam and Eve - and myriad persons throughout Scripture.
But even those who are stationary - like the four living beings around the throne in Rev 4 - retain their identities.
Likewise, those of us who want to be transparent in Him hopefully will not be clearly distinguishable to a third party observer - but Christ knows us, we retain our persons. And we know each other.
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You asked whether my sister appeared to be about age 30 in my "night travels." Perhaps so or perhaps younger even. It really wasn't an issue. She seemed young and healthy and bright.