Tomorrow, Saturday the 6th, is the memorial service for Ralph’s brother, Michael Messier, at Christ Fellowship. Start time is 11 am. It is open to all and all are welcome to attend. It will be just a brief celebration of life to honor Michael and help bring closure to the family. I know the family would appreciate your attendance.
Grief has always been a part of life. Most of you have been through at least some part of the grief process. If you haven’t, you will sooner or later. And there is nothing wrong with grieving in and of itself. It is actually part of the healing process. We grieve for any number of reasons. We may lose a loved one or a job or a pet and what may seem like a minor thing to some people is a huge loss for others. That’s part of grieving. Everybody does it differently and nobody does it right or wrong necessarily. It is ultimately a private issue but God has given us a church family to help deal with grief. And I wonder lots of times how people do it who don’t have a church family.
But the difference in Christians and non-Christians is that we have hope. First Thessalonians 4:13–14 says, “Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.” And the hope we have is through Jesus that because of His sacrifice for us, we will see our loved ones again in Heaven where there will be no more tears and no more pain. So, don’t try to escape grief. it comes for all of us. But we don’t live there now and we won’t live there in eternity. Thank you, Lord!
I’ll see you all Sunday at 10. I love you. — Todd