This Sunday sermon is inspired by the loss of a loved one of her loved one. My niece lost her fiance. I was at a loss for words. As a Christian, I feel like the funeral home director that says to his new arrivals, "It's not as bad as it looks. Only your body is dead. The rest of you has moved on to more Heavenly places."
Soul butterflies looking forward to the resurrection of the body and the life in the world to come is how I imagine the dead rest in God's care after death has taken their bodies. I see our mortal lives as a caterpillar crawl along surfaces until liberated by our deaths to fly in Heavenly places like a butterfly. We live a short while. We eat our fill, drink, and hopefully, be merry often enough to enjoy ourselves in our daily lives. Then one day, we die... Our Christian hope is that this is only the beginning of our eternal lives!
So grieve for your loss. We have loved someone who is no longer here. We love someone who has died in the body. Now though Christians, and many, trust the rest of the story begins. Life after death. Eternal life. Life in a Spiritual reality where everyone is in God's Care on God's family tree. We are the children grown from seeds instead of ripe fruit. We are the children performing God's theatrical artwork in his creations.
Our loved ones who have passed on before us have gone through the veil separating life and eternal life. They are now are with the Angels. It will be our turn to move on soon enough. Life in this mortal world is not forever. Even the Sun and Stars will burn out. So mourn. Grieve. Let time heal the wounds of loss. Let your dear departed loved ones be a memory worth keeping. Do remember to live as you know they would want you to do... Do hope in the resurrection. No one has disproved it!
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