It's coming upon a year that I lost my PaBill (grandpa). That was hard for me. Between my Husband and I, we had lost 3 grandparents and 1 great grandparent in one years time. It was like one after the other. As hard as it was, These were different situations. We all knew for a while that their time was drawing near and I guess you could say we all used that as an excuse to say, We could try and prepare ourselves a little for it. Even though, I knew my PaBill was about to leave this earth at any given time. I thought I was prepared only to find out I wasn't when we got the call. It was hard. He was like a second dad to me and was closer to me then any grandparent I had. It was very rough. I was blessed to be able to speak at his funeral since I was his first grandchild. It was hard for me to find what to say. But while writing down my memories of him, God showed me this Scripture.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10 NLT
For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthy body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies. While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit. So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. For we live by believing and not by seeing. Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this early body.
When I read that passage of scripture it put my heart at ease. It was like God was telling me, Do not worry, He is in a great place with me and has left his earthly body behind and now has a new body that I had designed so perfectly for him. He is safe and all is good. He is happy and no longer in pain. (He passed from Cancer) My heart felt so much better.
I wanted to share that b/c as hard as it is for anyone to understand why him or why now or why period, God has taken care of him. I saw a post on facebook yesterday that said This man who lost his life yesterday was a good Christian man and from what I know of, I believed the same. So that being said. I want to share this as a feeling of hope and comfort that he is in a much better place and is enjoying it very much.
Another scripture I read this morning, reminds us that God does not promise Good and ease every day. We tend to forget that as humans. I'm very guilty of it myself as a lot of us are I'm sure. But this is a reminder that when Times are hard, God is listening when we cry out to him and he will be there for us instantly.
Psalm 34:18-19 NLT
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.
I am very sorry to the family who is going through this difficult time. There is nothing that I can do that will make it better, as badly as I wish I could. But I do hope that these scriptures can help place some hope in their hearts. My family & I are praying for you and your family with our whole hearts. Stay strong and know that God is with you in this time.
We love you all.
God Bless,
Candace
