The sting of death never gets any easier. We have experienced its sting enough to know. Monday that sting stung once again, suddenly. Unexpectedly.
Try as you may, you can never fully prepare yourself enough for that sting. You know it will come; you don’t welcome it, but the sting of death is sin and it will come.
Personally, humanly speaking, the hardest is when death stings suddenly. When it springs forth upon you without any warning thus taking your very breath away, stopping you while life continues. Its numbing affect paralysis your functions; our mind tries so hard to catch up, trying to make sense of it all, but it is just overwhelmed by the sudden shock. But the Lord is close to the brokenhearted, gracious and He is our comforter –even in the midst of the deepest valley! Never forget that! NEVER! We have victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Today the Lord reminded me of a little verse in Psalm that says,
This past Memorial Day we lost such a man from our church, suddenly. No warning signs. Just the day before, he worshipped with us in church along side his wife; we were part of a picnic along with him and his wife later that day. He was his glorious self.
Our church family lost a pillar, a man who stood along side his pastor in prayer, support, and burden for our church, a man who loved deeply (God, his wife, family, and friends) and leaves a huge gap in our mist. He was a man of caliber. He was wise and funny!
I think of Heaven.
There is no sting in Heaven only victory! Oh we feel that sting greatly here on Earth because of sin, but heaven is rejoicing. Our dear friend is home. I think of Heaven and how our Lord must be rejoicing to have him home, finally home. To walk with him, to talk with him, to laugh with him, to sing with him. And can you imagine how our friend must feel to be in the very mist of His Savior, to be worshipping his Savior, to be singing for Him, to be giving God all the glory and praise and to see, to finally see Him face to face!We can only imagine, but our dear sweet, sweet dear friend is living it right now.
Selfishly, I wish he was here. I will miss him, is an understatement and I am not a family member. But I understand the loss of suddenness for our dear friend and my dad passed into eternity the same way almost 2 years apart from each other.
Heaven gets sweeter and sweeter!
- If you do not know where you will spend your eternity, you can know for sure. I have a page entitled “Eternity” please read it. If you have any questions, I am here! God loves you, friend! I am praying for your salvation!
- If you are a child of God, how are you doing? Are you loving God with all your heart, soul, mind, strength? Is God your everything? Or have the things of this world gotten in the way of having Christ in first place? If so, make this right today. You don’t know when your start date for eternity will begin.
Make today count for Christ!
In Christ I am SHE {Saved. Hopeful. Empowered.}
In Christ I am SHE 