Letters of Comfort

 

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope.   For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.”    —I Thessalonians 4:13-14

 

 The Apostle Paul wrote this letter of comfort to the Thessalonians to encourage them to grow in faith and love as well as remind them of their hope in the Lord.

 The tragedies and traumatic experiences in life can cause the strongest of individuals to buckle in grief and sorrow.  Apostle Paul makes it clear that grief is inevitable, but as Christians our grief is not swallowed up by hopelessness.

Yet, there are chapters in our lives when loss is so great you cannot fathom a glimmer of hope.  The pain of separation is immeasurable to the point of doubt that causes us to question the wisdom of God, which says He’s too wise to make a mistake.  It is at this point that our cry for comfort is answered from the God of all comfort.  We emerge from the darkness that would have overwhelmed our faith in the amazing grace and faithfulness of our heavenly Father, the Sovereign Ruler and Creator. 

I bore witness to the pain of separation when I had to say farewell to my mother. Although I knew her death was a transition from this earthly life to an eternal life, it did not lessen the pain, grief and sorrow I experienced.  However, it was the Word of Life that penetrated my subconscious and supernaturally energized my spirit so that eternal hope blossomed like a springtime flower.  I had to let my faith in the Word take root in my heart by continuing to say what the God of all comfort had spoken, “My grace is sufficient for you, for m power is made perfect in weakness.”  We all deal with grief differently; but as Christians we must share the same message of hope as Paul to inspire others who are struggling with questions about death, grief and sorrow.  Letters of Comfort offer words of inspiration to help during those difficult chapters of life.

 

Letters of Comfort include the following

• Death of a child
• Death of an immediate family member (Children, Parents, Grandparents, Spouse, Siblings

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