2 Chronicles 6:12-42; Ezekiel 30:20-31:18; John 11:28-54
God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away. Revelation 21:4 NKJV
No individual can elude death’s grasp, but for the believer, our loss is wrapped in peace, and the emptiness left behind is filled with hope. Take heart in this time of loss. God will hold you near. In the meantime, Jesus holds your loved one in His nail-scarred hands in glory, where they will sing His praises until the day we are all reunited and all sorrows cease. —Alyssa Gee
The only scars in Heaven, they won’t belong to me and you,
There’ll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new;
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down,
Is that the only scars in heaven, are on the hands that hold you now. —Mark Hall & M. J. West