John Bradshaw - Hope Beyond
The more funerals I attend, the more I'm impressed by the wonderful truth that death is not the end for the one who has faith in Jesus.
Imagine life being just this. Imagine losing a loved one and having absolutely no hope you'll see them again. God's plan helps us to see beyond the sting of our tears: those who fall asleep in death in faith in Jesus are able to look forward to that time when Jesus returns, and the dead in Christ are resurrected.
God said in Hosea 13:14, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave: I will redeem them from death: o death, I will be thy plagues: o grave, I will be thy destruction".
Death isn't the end. If you've chosen the Christ of the Bible as your Savior, you can live every day knowing that there's hope beyond this world. I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written