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Silver Lining Inspirations
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"There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 23:18 (NIV)
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You cannot find in the New Testament any of those hateful representations of dying which humankind has invented, by which death is portrayed as a ghastly skeleton with a scythe and black hood.
The representations of death in the New Testament are very different. There are two of them which I think are exquisitely beautiful. One is that of falling asleep in Jesus. When a little child has played all day long and becomes tired out, and the twilight has sent him in weariness to his mother's knee, where he thinks he has come for further games, then, almost in the midst of their frolicking, the little boy falls back into his mother's arms and nestles close to the sweetest and softest couch that ever a cheek has pressed. In no time at all sleep overtakes him and she wraps her arms around him.
So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life. We become tired out and we lay our head back on the bosom of Christ and quietly fall asleep. Friend in Christ, this is your hope.
- -Henry Ward Beecher
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We do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men who have no hope.
I Thessalonians 4:13
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We don't like to say good-bye to those whom we love. Whether it be at a school or a cemetary, separation is tough. It is right for us to weep, but there is no need for us to despair. They had pain here. They have no pain there. They struggled here. They have no struggles there. You and I might wonder why God took them home. But they don't. They understand. They are, at this very moment, at peace in the presence of God... When it is cold on earth, we can take comfort in knowing that our loved ones are in the warm arms of God. And when Christ comes, we will hold them, too.--Max Lucado
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