Recently, there was another passing of a loved one in our family. It was my aunt. She was the sister and best friend of my mom. She was the most loving and caring aunt I’ve ever known in my life since I was a child. I will never forget her kind-hearted nature. Her beautiful smile and face were still fresh in my mind. The sweet and beautiful memories of her will forever be in my heart.
The news of her death was so heartbreaking. I knew that it is hard for my mother as she lost her sister. How much more to my aunt’s immediate family itself! She left her husband, children, and grandchildren behind. Until now, I can’t still believe that she’s gone. But I know that she’s only sleeping. She is safe in the arms of Jesus. She is just resting until the morning of the resurrection. “We will miss you, Mommy.” See you on the resurrection day!
I remember when I lost my father last September 12, 2009. It was also my mom’s birthday and my graduation day in 1000 Missionary Movement. Moreover, it was also a Sabbath day. We were doing our Sabbath service inside the missionary campus when I received the news that my father passed away. My heart broke into pieces. I felt that my life shattered at that moment. Although I was broken-hearted at that time, I was still thankful to those people who comforted me, and to our Almighty God who gave me strength and courage.
Losing someone you love is one of the hardest things to deal with in life. For me, every time you cry for your loved one, it’s a way of honoring them in your life. It is also another way of showing your grief. It lets the world know that someone precious has left us and that they still matter.
Although there is pain in this world, it’s good to know that this Earth is not our real home. This world will pass away. Everything on this earth is fleeting and transitory. We are just strangers in this world. Heaven is our real home. Our citizenship lies there. God is the architect of the heavenly home, which is endless. (2 Corinthians 5:1 KJV – For we know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heaven.) He is preparing it for those who confess about Him and His truth. (John 6:40 KJV – And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.) Those who believe and trust in the Lord are considered pilgrims and strangers of this earth.
Heaven will never get burned nor destroyed. There will be no more curse, weeping, pain, and death. (Revelation 21:4 – And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.) Unlike here on earth, we are subject to trials, afflictions, and sufferings. The Christian wants to be released from these, and to partake eternal happiness. God is preparing us for immortality. (I Corinthians 15: 51-52 KJV – Behold I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.) That is His purpose and design.
Heaven is a wonderful place to be. We will be with a great multitude of angels standing before the throne of God. We will be wearing robes made white by the blood of the Lamb. And the most important thing of all is that in heaven, we will finally be home with our loving Creator and Savior.
When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that would be. When we all see Jesus, we’ll shout and sing the victory!
I AM WITH YOU 