DEATH-DIFFICULTIES
A godly man
is free from the sting, but not from the stroke, from the curse, but not from
the cross of death.
A Puritan Golden Treasury,
compiled by I.D.E. Thomas, by permission of Banner of Truth, Carlisle, PA. 2000, p. 72.
Too many
Christians feel that grief is wrong, that we're supposed to rejoice when a loved
one goes to be with the Lord. While we can rejoice in their homegoing, we can
also grieve our loss.
Bruce Barton
Death is the
moment of destiny; the seal of eternity; the cessation of probation; the
commencement of retribution and judgment! The antecedents of death are dreadful
– so are the accompaniments – so are the consequences! To every sense – death
is revolting! To every social affection – death is
crucifying! To reason – death is perplexing!
To everything but saving faith – death is overwhelming!
J.A. James
The Practical Believer Delineated.
Ah! It is a
fearful thing to leave the company of living men, and lie down in the narrow
house, with a shroud for our only clothing, a coffin for our couch, and the
worm for our companion. It is
humiliating, it is loathsome.
Robert Murray McCheyne
Comfort and Sorrow, Christian Focus
Publishers, 2002, p. 132, Used by Permission.