Death

It is a joy to be included and wanted. Jesus wants us to be with Him. We can be comforted that this life isn’t all there is. We have sorrow in bereavement, but it is without the hopelessness. When Christ returns the dead in Christ will rise first and receive their glorified bodies.

It’s a mistake to think that Christians don’t have genuine sorrow when death and loss come. Being a Christian does not spare you from the hurts of life. Having Jesus in our sorrow sanctifies the grief so that the bitterness isn’t there.

Hope that we have as Christians is a glorious thing. Christ living in us is our hope for eternal life after death.

This is not, then, the end of a life that was ending with a whimper, but it’s ending with a cry of victory.

When people are grieving, they need godly love and understanding, not formalities. Remember, God wants to use you so you may help others.

Shut the world away, wait on your Lord. Let the Holy Spirit of God reveal Christ to you. You’ll come out with your face shining and your heart filled with His joy.

You don’t have to worry about your ministry, beloved. God isn’t going to let it fall. He is going to keep on keeping on in His perfect purposes, glorifying His name.

Jesus tasted death for us. He knows the agony of death and He went through it for our sake… “O death, where is thy sting, O where is thy victory?”