"Christ has promised this" lives again in faith-

 I saw an old gravestone near a large tree. The roots of the tree were large and re-positioned the stones. 

The gravestones were of a family that lived long ago. I read the inscription that was weathered by the 150 years that had come and gone.

Why should we mourn our Daughter's loss,

Since death to her is bliss.

She lives again in faith she died,

And Christ has promis'd this.

I read the inscription carved years ago about a life that was short but was full of faith.

I was trying to imagine the parents who had to bury their children.

How they were people with a faith that was sure and in which my faith would pale in comparison. 

I thought of our inheritance in Heaven and how someday we will see all things in a new light.

I thought that since there were a number of family laid to rest here, five children and the parents, that each time they would have left a piece of their heart at this site, yet went forward in faith in the Lamb of God.

I took my daughter to see the gravestone one day and we read it together hoping to relay this faith of the past to today in our lives and in the Kingdom to come.

Why should we mourn our Daughter's loss,

Since death to her is bliss.
She lives again in faith she died,
And Christ has promis'd this.

One Day we will see His glorious might revealed again and again in new ways without ever growing tired. On this earth God is so kind as to give us friends to help carry the weight of loss of loves ones.

"..Friends ...come alongside us in our life's journey ... preserve (friendships) the most valuable of all possessions". (William Wilberforce)  

 "Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also."

 (John 14:1-3 ESV)

There Will be a Day-

"There Will Be A Day"
Jeremy Camp

I try to hold on to this world with everything I have
But I feel the weight of what it brings, and the hurt that tries to grab
The many trials that seem to never end, His word declares this truth,
that we will enter in this rest with wonders anew

But I hold on to this hope and the promise that He brings
That there will be a place with no more suffering

[Chorus]
There will be a day with no more tears, no more pain, and no more fears
There will be a day when the burdens of this place, will be no more, we'll see Jesus face to face
But until that day, we'll hold on to you always

I know the journey seems so long
You feel you're walking on your own
But there has never been a step
Where you've walked out all alone

[Chorus]

Troubled soul don't lose your heart
Cause joy and peace he brings
And the beauty that's in store
Outweighs the hurt of life's sting

I can't wait until that day where the very one I've lived for always will wipe away the sorrow that I've faced
To touch the scars that rescued me from a life of shame and misery this is why this is why I sing

Song copyright: BEC Recordings