"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die..." Ecclesiastes 3:1,2
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another". John 13:34
Why is it that we get most reflective about life when someone dies? Why is it then that we realize the fragility of our own bodies and the certainty of our own demise? Why are we shocked when someone dies? Why don't we feel a need to get it right spiritually before someone dies?
Why do we tend to treat life as a ho-hum event until someone dies? Why do we tend to notice detailed beauty in nature, and the pleasures of simpler things in life after someone dies?
Why do we wait until after someone dies to compliment them and talk to them in our own minds or at the gravesite about how wonderful they were? Why is it that we wait until after they die to tell others how much they meant to us, and the colorful anecdotes of their personalities?
Why is it that we wait until a death occurs to find an opportunity to pray a heartfelt prayer, thanking God for our lives and those of our families and friends?
Why is it then at the news of death that we realize with more clarity, that we are powerless, and that God really is in control of things whether we like His plans or not?
If we know that our loved one's spirit is finally at peace with God, why are we sad? Are we sad for the deceased, or selfishly sad for ourselves or sad for others left behind, such as children?
Why do we tend to hold family a little closer and realize how much they mean to us after someone else dies?
Just wondering..........
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 (KJV)
1 comment:
I wonder about the same things. I make an effort to let people know how I feel, and let them know they are important to me. In our society we get caught up in so many 'things' that we can forget that people are all that matter. I also believe that we think about our lives in years, instead of realizing that today may be all we have. We get our mind and focus on the future.
If we know that the person who passed on accepted Christ, then we know they are with Him, and that brings peace. I think we are sad, for ourselves, and others left behind. I am going to miss the loved one. My level of sadness depends on how close we were, and how much time I spent with them. I mean, if it's my husband, expect me to be a basket case......because that would affect my daily life. However, I would never want to bring him back, because I rest in the fact that God is in control of when people come and go from this life.
Lucy
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