My heart aches right now. I process the revelation that death brought into the world by the Fall weighs heavy in my personal life. These are not words I want to be writing. They are thoughts I'd rather not be contemplating. Yet, I go there.
I stare down darkness.
I stare down darkness.
As I've thought about the whole situation, I'm broken and yet I'm certain that death is not defeat.
Oh, how Satan has convinced us that if a Christian dies of something so evil as cancer that God cannot be good or powerful enough, or the believer didn't have enough faith to be healed.
LIES!!
An understanding of the resurrection is a clue:
Jesus died but He didn't stay dead. He defeated death and as followers we are joined to His resurrection.
Jesus died but He didn't stay dead. He defeated death and as followers we are joined to His resurrection.
Satan only thinks he wins when a Christian dies. Satan cannot steal eternity, because Jesus holds the keys, the victory.
For all my days, for the days of beloved ones, there is a weightiness about the loss of life, but not fear, not hopelessness.
Instead there is life; Abundant life! Life with Abba!
For all my days, for the days of beloved ones, there is a weightiness about the loss of life, but not fear, not hopelessness.
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