Friday, August 3, 2018
With sympathy and a heavy heart I write this to you...words can’t wipe away your tears—hugs won’t ease the pain. But hold on to your memories. God may call our loved one home, but he leaves the memories forever!
Nothing in life can prepare us for the death of a loved one. Whether death results from a sudden accident or a sustained illness, it always catches us off-guard. Death is so deeply personal and stunningly final, nothing can emotionally prepare us for its arrival. With every death, there is a loss. And with every loss, there will be grief.
Death of a loved one is always hard; It’s my prayer that these Scriptures will comfort you, and that God will use them to sustain you:
“For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.”
~Colossians 2:5
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
~Matthew 5:4
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”
~2 Corinthians 1:3-4
I will keep the family lifted up in prayer.
Rest In Peace my friend!
Rev. Billy Ray Johnson
