1 Peter 1:3-4
King James Version
3 Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
which according to his abundant mercy
hath begotten us again unto a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible,
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,
It remains a shock to many, when a loved one passes on.
One day they're here; another day they're gone.
Sometimes, even within the same day, or hour.
Such is the fragility of life.
When you've known even one such death, that alerts you.
There can be no taking granted of people anymore.
You must love them, with all you've got.
You must cherish them, as if each day was your last with each other.
We don't really know who goes first.
Why not just love, as JESUS would have you love?
With no conditions.
As I go through my own grief, I review how I managed through all that.
Especially in the last four years, since 2021.
And I look to how it has been for me.
SPIRIT led me to these excerpts --
On 18 June 2024, through "COPING with GRIEF":
"It's been 32 months for me now.
How did I cope?
By writing.
Knowing I was shattered, SPIRIT led me to create a blog.
For myself, as well as for everyone going through grief:"
"SPIRIT also made me create this blog you're reading now.
In quietude, I found my peace.
In JESUS, I found my healing.
In Scripture, I found my clarity.
In GOD, I found my strength.
In SPIRIT, I found my truth."
"Another blog SPIRIT inspired me to create, for comfort is this:"
That's THREE blogs the HOLY SPIRIT inspired me to create:
28 November 2021: "CONQUERING the LAST enemy"
1 December 2021: The GOSPEL on HEALING"
5 May 2023: "Comforting the afflicted"
Where I was able to explore avenues for healing, through GOD's WORD.
We all dearly miss those who have gone ahead of us.
But we shall see them again, during the Rapture.
The "dead in Christ" shall go up first:
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
King James Version
16 For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven
with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
That's why it's important we look to JESUS for everything.
To get right with Him now.
John 16:7-8
King James Version
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth;
It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come unto you;
but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come,
he will reprove the world of sin,
and of righteousness,
and of judgment:
We need to be born again.
So we, too, can meet JESUS when GOD says it's "time" for believers to be with His Son.
Today is our best day to do so.
Pray to be born again, and all will be made clear.
SPIRIT will teach you everything you need to know.
Your days will be glorious, knowing you're on the right path.
Further, JESUS commanded we be born again.
That we may be "born of the Spirit":
John 3:3-8
King James Version
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof,
but canst not tell whence it cometh,
and whither it goeth:
so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
It's the only way we can understand ways of the SPIRIT.
And ways of the SPIRIT are GOD's ways.
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