Death

We have all lost loved ones and may lose others before we face death ourselves. Death is not the end of life but the beginning of life. Once we close our eyes here on this earth we will be changed in a twinkling on an eye. Our eyes cannot fathom what we will see and the splendor of heaven. When our loved ones leave here they will be in heaven with our Savior. What a blessed homecoming that will be when we see Jesus face to face. God’s word states, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Psalm 116:15 Jesus came that all might choose life or death (Deut. 30:19). Jesus desires that we all choose life and accept him as Savior of our lives. For a Christian death is not something to be feared but is our receiving the final reward that the Lord has waiting on us. When our loved ones, friends or family is getting close to their death, our desire should be to lead them to the Lord. Death is something that should not destroy us but draw us closer to the Lord. When loved ones are going home to be with the Lord we are devastated because we have lost them. The thought of not seeing them or being with them brings grieve to us because we will not be able to touch them again. As we live each day we need to make sure that there are no words left unsaid, no hard feelings or anything that can cause us to grief over things that were not right between us and our deceased loved ones. As I watch my sister prepare for death, I see her going to those she has hurt making things right. Thank God, she has been given the gift of making things right. Everyone is not given the chance she has been given. I know that it must be hard to know that today may be the last day that I breathe my last breath when you have cancer, diabetes, or other diseases. But, yet none of us are promised the next minute so let us choose life. Yet, we seem to get so caught up in life that we forget that death may come to any of us at any time. Death and life are in the power of the tongue (Prov. 18:21). We must learn to live and make sure that if a loved one is called home that we know they are going to meet Jesus.