Comfort For Those Who Mourn
So many people imagine that death cruelly separates us from our loved ones. Even pious people are led to believe this great and sad mistake. When our loved ones die, they do not leave us, they remain. They do not go to some dark and distant place. They simply begin their eternity. We do not see them because we are still in the darkness of the world. But their spiritual eyes, filled with the light of heaven, are always watching us as they wait for the day when we shall share their perfect joy. We are all born for heaven and one by one we end this life of tears to begin our life in endless happiness.
A firm faith in the real and continual presence of our loved ones has brought the conviction and consolation that death has not destroyed them, nor carried them away. Rather it has given them life – a life with power to know fully and to love perfectly. With this new life and new power our loved ones are always present to us, knowing and loving us more than ever before.
The tears that dampen our eyes in times of mourning are tears of homesickness, tears of longing for our loved ones. But it is we who are away from home. Death, for our loved ones, has been a doorway to an eternal home. And only because this heavenly home is invisible to our worldly eyes, we cannot see them so near us. Yet, they are with us, lovingly and tenderly waiting for the day when we, too, will enter the doorway of our eternal home. No, death is not a separation. It is a preparation for eternal union with those we love, in the peace and joy of heaven. – unknown author “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4
In 2 Corithians 5:6-8 we read, “Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
Why then, do we allow grief to consume our emotions? Perhaps the best reason is that we don’t fully understand how to grieve in order to let go of our pain. It is known that when we openly grieve, we heal much faster than when we repress or avoid our feelings. The grieving process is nature’s way of helping us heal. Repression of feelings can have long-term effects. The following stages of grief help us to understand the healing process. Not everyone will experience all these stages in quite the same way or length of time.
Letter From Heaven | Footprints | Comfort for Those
Who Mourn | Stages of Grief |
A Season for
Everything | Understanding
the Difference Between Grief, Guilt, and Depression | The 23rd Psalm | He Was My Brother
Too... | Should You Go
First | Helping a Child
Cope with Death | Prayer for a
Deceased Spouse | Why God Takes
Children | God is Caring
for Your Loved Ones... | For Those Seeking
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