DAILY READINGS: 1 Samuel 11-12; Isaiah 51:9-23; 2 Cor. 12:1-13
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better. Philippians 1:23
With Christ! It is where we will be one day, and maybe soon. Yes, there is the human side of bereavement, when for a while a door closes upon those who enter the Lord’s presence. Yes, it hurts us. But they have gone where we are going. And day by day we are nearer home, too. Meanwhile, we are here to serve Him, are we not? —Mark Fenn
Here in the body pent,
Absent from Him I roam,
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent,
A day’s march nearer home. —James Montgomery