When a loved one dies and we go to the cemetery, we may join a long processional. We may sit or stand around the graveside and listen respectfully while the minister commits the body to the earth and reads Bible verses about the resurrection. Then the casket is lowered into the ground. W may return later to leave some flowers and stand with heads bowed in memory and respect. Our love one is dead, and we know we can never bring him/her back.
The Bible tells us that Jesus came to give us an abundant life here and now, as well as hereafter (John 10:10, 28). And we can gladly recognize that God ‘gave us richly all things to enjoy” (1 Timothy 6:17).
Yet, we would be wise to balance our love for life with the truth reflected in the words of an old song: “ This world is not my home” and indeed it isn’t. we are aliens
We might wish with all our hearts that we could bring a loved one back, but if we were to give those commands nothing would happen. But Jesus had the ability, for He is “the resurrection and the life” (John 25).
God promises that one day “there shall be no more death, nor sorrows not crying”(Revelation 21:4). Until then, tears are God’s gift for the cleansing of the soul when we must cope with losing someone in our life.
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