It's been a fairly eventful week. A member of our church passed away unexpectadly on Monday. The whole church was and still is in shock. This family is one of the nicest families there is and they have been through so much in the last year or so. With one daughter fighting breast cancer at a very young age, and the man himself dealing with two knee replacements. It just seemed that they had reached the turning point of things looking up when "BAM' a sudden death.
It's times like these that most folks begin to question their faith and they ask the eternal question..."why?" That has to be one of the hardest questions faced by a minister. I truly would not know how to answer it. Sure, you can say...well, it's the will of God. But, when you are the person who has lost a loved one...that is not what you want to hear.
The only thing I know, it's a true, unfailing faith in God that can get you through these things. While it doesn't seem fair that your loved one was taken from you so abruptly, you also have to remember that they are now walking with the Lord. You can't help but wonder what that will be like. Walking with the Lord and seeing heaven. The words to the song, "I Can Only Imagine" come to mind. I'll have to use that song in a future post here. But, for now....can you just imagine what it will be like! From what I heard, this gentleman simple did not wake up from a nap. At least not in this world...so, can you imagine what it would be like to go to sleep and then wake up in another world. In heaven...where you have Jesus and God welcoming you! Wow.
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