Thank you for sharing this reflection because Scripture gives us a deep honest and hope filled understanding of death that the world cannot offer.The Bible never denies the pain of death yet it refuses to leave us without hope.From the beginning death is shown as the consequence of sin yet God immediately reveals His redemptive purpose through His promise of life.Jesus entered our mortality and faced death Himself so that death would no longer have the final word.He said in John 11:25:26 I am the resurrection and the life whoever believes in Me though he die yet shall he live and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die.Because of Christ death for the believer is not an end but a homegoing.Paul reminds us in 2 Corinthians 5:8 that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord and this truth brings comfort even in grief.Scripture also teaches us to live wisely in light of death as Psalm 90:12 says Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.Death awakens us to eternity and calls us to place our trust fully in Christ who conquered the grave.The resurrection assures us that death is defeated and temporary as 1 Corinthians 15:54:57 declares Death is swallowed up in victory thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.Even now God walks with us through sorrow as Psalm 34:18 says He is near to the brokenhearted and saves those crushed in spirit.Our hope is anchored not in denial of death but in the living Christ who promises eternal life and a future resurrection where every tear will be wiped away according to Revelation 21:4.This truth invites us to live faithfully love deeply and hold loosely to this world while fixing our eyes on the life that is truly life
Thank you. The love of my life, my best friend & soulmate left 15 mos ago. It will never be better until I’m released to go to heaven. I do know the journey God took us on when he blrsssed us both with the other. We both healed hearts we didn’t break. Every day was a gift. The worst part of death is all the stupid things people say. But they mean well. Ugh!
I am so sorry for your loss of Ben. No advice as it’s your path to walk. You will have a moment it feels “normal” and it will startle you. Then you will go back to the heaviness, tears with no warning.
I’m gonna share a story with you that happened to me recently. I was continually living with this hole in me this emptiness and I know that Jesus lives in me and the Holy Spirit lives in me so I was struggling and literally during my devotions I’m asking God, how can I be full of Jesus and be empty?” aI just couldn’t come up with an answer. One night God and John visited me and we had a group hug and we just were hugging, and I woke up, bawling my eyes out, and God said to me, “John ran the race I gave him to run. He loved you, he did the ministry I called him to do. He had a lot wrong physically and he’s with me and he’s safe and he’s healed and we’re with you and you’re not empty”. The hole I had is no longer there, but it doesn’t mean I’m not sad and that I don’t miss John every second of every day.
Thank you for sharing this reflection because Scripture gives us a deep honest and hope filled understanding of death that the world cannot offer.The Bible never denies the pain of death yet it refuses to leave us without hope.From the beginning death is shown as the consequence of sin yet God immediately reveals His redemptive purpose through His promise of life.Jesus entered our mortality and faced death Himself so that death would no longer have the final word.He said in John 11:25:26 I am the resurrection and the life whoever believes in Me though he die yet shall he live and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die.Because of Christ death for the believer is not an end but a homegoing.Paul reminds us in 2 Corinthians 5:8 that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord and this truth brings comfort even in grief.Scripture also teaches us to live wisely in light of death as Psalm 90:12 says Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.Death awakens us to eternity and calls us to place our trust fully in Christ who conquered the grave.The resurrection assures us that death is defeated and temporary as 1 Corinthians 15:54:57 declares Death is swallowed up in victory thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.Even now God walks with us through sorrow as Psalm 34:18 says He is near to the brokenhearted and saves those crushed in spirit.Our hope is anchored not in denial of death but in the living Christ who promises eternal life and a future resurrection where every tear will be wiped away according to Revelation 21:4.This truth invites us to live faithfully love deeply and hold loosely to this world while fixing our eyes on the life that is truly life
Well said.
Thank you so much brother
Thank you. The love of my life, my best friend & soulmate left 15 mos ago. It will never be better until I’m released to go to heaven. I do know the journey God took us on when he blrsssed us both with the other. We both healed hearts we didn’t break. Every day was a gift. The worst part of death is all the stupid things people say. But they mean well. Ugh!
I am so sorry for your loss of Ben. No advice as it’s your path to walk. You will have a moment it feels “normal” and it will startle you. Then you will go back to the heaviness, tears with no warning.
I’m gonna share a story with you that happened to me recently. I was continually living with this hole in me this emptiness and I know that Jesus lives in me and the Holy Spirit lives in me so I was struggling and literally during my devotions I’m asking God, how can I be full of Jesus and be empty?” aI just couldn’t come up with an answer. One night God and John visited me and we had a group hug and we just were hugging, and I woke up, bawling my eyes out, and God said to me, “John ran the race I gave him to run. He loved you, he did the ministry I called him to do. He had a lot wrong physically and he’s with me and he’s safe and he’s healed and we’re with you and you’re not empty”. The hole I had is no longer there, but it doesn’t mean I’m not sad and that I don’t miss John every second of every day.
God Bless.