(Hebrews 10:23 NKJV) Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
Death is a hard thing for the mind to comprehend. To think that someone can actually be here in front of us talking, walking, laughing, and breathing one minute and be gone the next, with no life left in them at all, is beyond our understanding. Some people can get stuck trying to figure it all out. They can never get past it and they stop living because they get so hung up on it.
My mother-in-law died of cancer at the very young age of 46. During her last 24 hours of life, she had been in and out of seizures and could barely speak. But right before she left us, she made sure we were all in the room. She came out of her seizure. She was alert and said pretty clearly, “it’s time for me to go now, don’t cry, I love you. Goodbye.”
We stood there and watched her take her last breath. One tear rolled down her cheek and she was gone. We were never to speak to her again, never to hear her voice, her laughter, her cry or to feel her touch again.
We knew she was with the Lord and He gave her the strength and alertness to say one last thing to us and we were very grateful. It meant so much to know she was safely in His arms and we didn’t have to watch her suffer anymore.
But it can still be hard at times, when you lose someone. You miss them terribly and it’s hard to comprehend what really took place. You wonder what they’re doing and where they’re at. No one has perfect answers to these questions because no one really knows exactly, except for God Himself.
It’s in those moments that we don’t understand or comprehend it all, that we have to trust God and His promise to us and rest in knowing that He is faithful. Our hope is in HIM!!
(Ecclesiastes 3:11 NKJV) He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
Trust Him with your loved one today. Enjoy your life. it’s OK to move on. They are safe and we can rest knowing that God is faithful!!
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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