Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life (Jude 21 NIV).
Despite the fact that Christians receive eternal life from the hand of and that it is our final aim and objective, the death of a loved one leaves us in a shocked state when we have to experience the reality of separation. In spite of the fact that we rejoice in the knowledge that the loved one, if a believer, has left us to enjoy the glory of God’s kingdom, we don’t really know how to fill this void in our hearts.
When our Savior prepared His disciples for His farewell and return to His Father, He proclaimed His peace over them. Then He poured His Holy Spirit over them so that the enveloping love of God would fill their lives on earth with the kind of love that would raise them up to the kingdom of God.
That same love and peace is Christ’s gift to you. Trust Him to open your heart and life to Him; let Him lead you on paths of service in His name. Make your love and mercy available to others so that the Living Christ may work in and through you to the advantage of His people. In this manner, you will be embraced by Jesus’ love. He will carry you through the disappointments in this life, until you see the glory of God in eternity.
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