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Story by Chad T. Johnson, Texas, USA
Music "Pepper's Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
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My Upper Room — ANOWA CHIPISALA'CHO. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Saturday, April 25th, 2026, a Nawa-Chipi Salacho by Chad T. Johnson, Texas, USA. Read John 16, 16 through 28. Jesus went on to say, in a little while you will see me no more, then after a little while you will see me. I am a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, and I lead an annual mission trip that immerses participants in Native American culture while serving Native churches in Oklahoma. At the end of each trip, I remind the group that there is no definitive goodbye in Native culture, only until I see you again. No matter how hard it is to part, we believe that we will indeed see one another again, either in this life or the next.
In the Chickasaw language, the phrase for until I see you again is, Anawa-Chipi Salacho. This phrase is always spoken with confidence and a deeply rooted faith that we will see one another again. Jesus' words about seeing Him again can be as confusing to us as they were for the disciples, who were filled with questions about what Jesus meant. But Jesus encourages the disciples to keep a heavenly focus. Although losing Jesus was painful, Christ offered the disciples a life-giving, hope-filled promise. They would see Him again. No matter how great our loss, there is always hope, grace, resurrection, and a great reunion. May we always find it in our hearts to say, Anawa-Chipi Salacho, because we will see one another again. Abba Beneli, creator of all things, we are thankful that goodbye is not the only way, because
you offer us grace and hope for our future life, amen.
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