There’s more to life than Death and Taxes
July 16th, 2005 · Posted in Uncategorized ·
30 Days of writing: Day 15
(Halfway - hooray!)
As I said, yesterday I was at my Uncle’s funeral. I’ve had the (mis)fortune of having to attend three funerals for family members so far this year (hopefully there won’t be too many more for a while) and I’ve made a small observation:
You can tell who is, and who is not, a Christian at these funerals very easily. Uncle David was a Christian, and all the Christians at his funeral, while sad, knew they would see him again. All the people who aren’t Christian had no hope at all.
Not a profound observation by any means, but one that illustrates something of the hope provided by Christ. If he can overcome death, then we will see our (Christian) friends again. It hurts when they leave, but it’s not permanent.
Death is an un-natural part of our lives. It was not intended to be, and that’s why it hurts so much when someone we know dies.
Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be permanent.
-RodeoClown
July 16th, 2005 at 6:14 pm
deep
it’s hard though
i’m so selfish in wanting to die before anyone else, its so hard….even though i know i’ll see them again…its just so hard