Food for Thought: To those that have lost love ones to death. I have been pondering some things, and I want to share them with you. My dad loved God with all of his heart, soul, and body. He talked about leaving earth, and going to Heaven. He read the Bible ALL of the time. He had a lot of it memorized. He taught me scriptures from the Bible that said, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, further he taught me scriptures that said that the dead know not what the living is doing. I take comfort in these scriptures because I look forward to going to Heaven. When I leave this body, I don’t want to know what is going on, on this earth. I trust God to do what he does best, take care of his own. I am training my children, as my dad did us, to move on, and do the work of God, while we still have breath. He talked about Heaven, and sung about rejoicing there. He wanted us to live so we can be together forever. He did not want me to love him more than I did God. He taught us what the Bible said, do not sorrow like those people that have no hope. He knew we would cry, but he wanted us to live, and live so that we would see him again Knowing my dad, he is so engrossed in God now that he is not concerned about this earth. He trusted God (scripture) to perfect that which concerned him. My Dad’s body was so sick, but his spirit was so strong. I do not visit his grave on a regular basic because he is not there. His body is, but the real man is in Heaven. I would hate to see what is in that grave. I could never go talk to the grave, again, he is not there. He never visited his family graves, he knew they were not in it. My dad taught me that he would not be there. I did go to see his Headstone. I may, not sure, if I will ever visit his grave again. I do not take flowers etc. Again, dad taught me that his spirit will be in Heaven. I think of it as an egg. The shell we discard. The real egg is the yoke. The body we put in the grave etc. But the real person goes to Heaven or Hell. I was taught, now, I see and believe that there is a Heaven, and the way that I live on earth determines, where I will live forever. The scriptures said that we should not sorrow like those who have no hope, the scriptures are talking about, how we should act concerning losing love ones to death. I can be sorrowful, but I should keep living/knowing that I will see my dad again. I can teach the scriptures further by saying that it tells us that when Jesus comes back to earth, the dead in Christ will rise from the grave first, then it says that those that remain on earth, meaning still living will rise to meet the Lord in the air. Among all of these scriptures it said to comfort one another with these words. All of us will grieve, and it is okay to grieve, but among those tears we must remember that there is hope. God will see us through. We must love our dad for eternity. But, he was a man. God is the creator of all of us. We must love him with every breath that it takes. We must trust him to heal our hearts, and comfort us, as we comfort each other. My dad taught me to put God first, and to love him, first. I am so glad that he did because, if I did not have God. I would have no hope, no hope, no life, no life, no me. No reason to live. My dad entrusted us, me and my siblings in Gods hand to take care of us. Now, I pray, and encourage others to live right and go to Heaven, we are only a breath away. My dad did not leave me money, but what he left me, money can not buy, that is a true relationship with God. he is my father now. He said that he would never leave me or forsake me, so far he never has. I am sure that he never will. Again, God takes care of his own.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:49:34 +0000