Our beautiful Savior walks with us and restores us to what we were before our grief

4 But God loves us deeply. He is full of mercy. 5 So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has saved you. 6 God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom. That’s because we belong to Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:4-6

When we lose someone dear to us, grief can be described as soul-crushing and mind-numbing. It's as though our life comes to a screeching halt. We want to keep on living, but our feet are stuck in quicksand taking every ounce of energy to move forward.

If there is ever any good to come out of loss, it would be it teaches us how really small we are in this cosmic universe. We think we have control, but we really don't. We're not able to wave a magic wand and bring our loved one home, nor can we, like Superman, reverse the earth's current multiple of times to bring his Lois Lane back.

We have to accept the reality that God has control. While he may not be able to bring your loved one back to their earthly existence, he can comfort you in your pain and through the Bible show you how much He loves you and that you will see your loved one again.

On March 30th will be Good Friday, the night Jesus died. Two days later on Easter Sunday, God will raise Jesus from the dead and bring him back to life where he will eat and talk with his followers and anyone he encounters in his return.

The message is through Jesus's death and resurrection he has taken the sting out of death by revealing the hope that one day we will see our loved ones again.

And what a day that will be. To think our first breath in heaven we will encounter the living Savior and all those we knew who went before us! Oh, what a wonderful day that will be. Oh, what a glorious day it will be to see our loved ones whole and healthy with new heavenly bodies, not the sickly ones we had on earth.


Finally, on that day, all of our questions will be answered. When they are, we will be wondering 'what was I so worried about all those years?

If you are grieving the loss of a loved one, I encourage you to look for a 13-week Griefshare group near you. www.griefshare.org