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Extol:
--- Quote from: microlink on January 30, 2015, 03:01:25 PM ---Dear Claudia,
I sympathize with your grief and feel your hurt from the loss. They are gone into the peaceful sleep of the temporary death and await the resurrection. May God's comfort be with you and your family.
1Co_15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
--- End quote ---
One of my favorite--and most comforting--verses is a few before this, 1 Cor. 15:50...Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Yes, death is an enemy, yes, death is suffering (especially for the loved ones left alive), but it comforts me to know that it is a step towards resurrection. I want to inherit the kingdom of God. If what I'm carrying around cannot inherit that kingdom, then it doesn't depress me too much knowing that one day I'll die. Here's how the New Living Translation renders it:
What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
cjwood:
i knew that coming to all of you i would receive the real Truths about death, with those of like mind. most especially after hearing the fairy tale statements by those still blinded.
i received a text at 4:45 this morning from my baby sister, telling me that one of our dear first cousins passed away around 3:00 a.m. she was diagnosed with als only 6 months ago. i don't know how much more death my heart can handle. on my cousin's fb page, her sister said that God called another angel home, free from the als and walking the streets of gold in heaven. it still astounds me that i believed the same fairy tale for most of my life. until i googled t.d. jakes one night and saw the bible-truths advertisement. praise God for that google search.
my cousin's funeral is the same day, 4 hours apart from my brother's graveside service. i still can hardly believe it.
alex and extol, i am going to borrow some of the scriptures you referenced, and some of your statements if that would be okay, in my eulogy for my brother.
love in Christ,
claudia
Extol:
--- Quote from: cjwood on January 30, 2015, 09:01:36 PM ---
alex and extol, i am going to borrow some of the scriptures you referenced, and some of your statements if that would be okay, in my eulogy for my brother.
love in Christ,
claudia
--- End quote ---
Of course dear sister.
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: cjwood on January 30, 2015, 09:01:36 PM ---i knew that coming to all of you i would receive the real Truths about death, with those of like mind. most especially after hearing the fairy tale statements by those still blinded.
i received a text at 4:45 this morning from my baby sister, telling me that one of our dear first cousins passed away around 3:00 a.m. she was diagnosed with als only 6 months ago. i don't know how much more death my heart can handle. on my cousin's fb page, her sister said that God called another angel home, free from the als and walking the streets of gold in heaven. it still astounds me that i believed the same fairy tale for most of my life. until i googled t.d. jakes one night and saw the bible-truths advertisement. praise God for that google search.
my cousin's funeral is the same day, 4 hours apart from my brother's graveside service. i still can hardly believe it.
alex and extol, i am going to borrow some of the scriptures you referenced, and some of your statements if that would be okay, in my eulogy for my brother.
love in Christ,
claudia
--- End quote ---
Dear Claudia! Take, take as much as you need! Sister, these are the words of our great God and Savior! None of us have any monopoly on them! They are yours as much as ours. Please, don't ask. Take freely. I implore you take as much as you like, don't ever feel the need to ask. We love you dearly, even as our Lord does! I would do anything, by the grace of God, for those who are called by His Name.
God bless,
Alex
dogcombat:
Claudia,
I lost a brother-in-law 2 weeks ago doing landscaping work. I know that words can't describe what people go through. Namely, the way a loved one dies. I only ask that our Father's Grace be with all your family. Perhaps the words of Blood, Sweat, & Tears "And When I Die" come to mind.
"And when I die, and when I'm gone
There'll be one child born in this world
to carry on."
God be with you
Ches
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