A serious topic to deal with, but one that has been on my mind since hearing of the death of HRH Prince Philip here in the UK.
We never really can wholly understand death and it is particularly devastating when it happens to someone who is young and hasn’t managed to live their lives and reach their full potential. Or someone who suffers so much and then after battling illness for a long time, eventually dies.
I have tried to see it all from God’s point of view. We are his children and we are coming home to him. He knows the pain we suffer and the grief when we lose someone, but also he is welcoming back his children into his kingdom, safe, at peace and fully joyful in his presence.
I like what was said about Prince Philip, that he wanted to ‘go home’ and when he died it was as if someone came to gently take him by the hand and lead him on. How beautiful.
We are going home and although this may not comfort our relatives and friends as much as we would like, it is wonderful to think of those we have lost being somewhere they can be happy and free of pain and worries.
When my husband died, I sat with him for a while and imagined him being in paradise. I told him not to hang around but to get on with being happy and carefree and not to worry about us. I still miss him every day, but I am coping with it better and I have more time to reflect on the wonderful times we had together and hold them in my heart as a truly generous gift from God.
God bless you and I hope that if you are grieving you can take comfort knowing that those you grieve for are no longer suffering and are being wonderfully loved and cared for.
Widows Mote 