I just tried to comfort a grieving friend. I reminded him of the apostle Paul’s words for the Christian, “to die is gain”. Truth is, it doesn’t feel like gain to those left behind. It feels like loss.
It feels like WE lost. It feels like WE”RE lost.
The earth lost a saint…Heaven’s gain.
Though we are richer by knowing them, we feel robbed without them here.
LORD, fill the emptiness we feel at the loss of something priceless, invaluable, irreplaceable. Only You can, only You can.
We all lose. We all let go one day. But, we have hope in Jesus.
Friend, do you know him? Can you look at death as “gain” because you will be with your Savior and King and closest Friend?
There is nothing like being confronted with death to make us think. So think.
Archive for July 17, 2009
“To Die is Gain?”
