Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew
5:4
This month marks two years since the death of my
mom. Due to slackness on the part of the
cemetery people, her stone is not yet in place, although they have lately made
some progress on it and I am hopeful that by the 26th of the month
(her “graduation” anniversary), it will at last be done. And while it will be good to have it done, I
wonder how I will, at the sight of the stone, feel? I think it will be a bit of
a knife to the heart. Because then it
will be done. Final.
But is it? Is it final? Only God knows that for
sure, but we do believe that mom loved God and that we will be joining her at
the table in that great Marriage Feast of the Lamb. How great it will be to look up and down that
table at the faces of those whom I’ve known and loved. Like the ultimate family
reunion –only it will be a gathering free of gossip and grudges and the petty
hurts we’ve dealt each other in our time on Earth.
Jesus knew what it is like to grieve. We assume that Joseph his “adopted
Earth-Daddy” died earlier in his life. And at the tomb of Lazarus, his good
friend, Jesus cried. I don’t think he
was crying because of Lazarus being dead, because he was going to rectify that
in the next minute or two. No, I think
that Jesus wept because he was moved by the grief of Mary and Martha and I
believe he cried there for us as well…for all who have lost loved ones at the
heinous aberration of Death in the fallen Earth.
Just think, Jesus mourns with
you at the partings of your beloved ones! And on the Cross he has already taken
care of Death, dealing it the final blow on the Resurrection Morning!
Prayer
Focus: Pray for
those you know who have lost friends and family to death. And pray for those
you love whom you know are not yet ready to face God after death. Pray for
them…Love them.
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