A friend from long ago died last week at 93 years of age after a full life.
Jim died last week at 89 after a full life. He was a grade school principal in Gridley when I was a kid.
One of my co-worker’s mom died last week at 70 after a long battle with cancer.
A young soldier died last week in Afghanistan he was 24.
Brenton Bennett died last week in a motor cycle crash. He was just 52. He was a native Emporian and known and loved by many.
Death is the most curious human event because we have no control over when or how it will occur.
Many wonder: is death the end of human existence and consciousness, or do we continue in some other place or state of being?
Do we go to a place of everlasting reward or eternal torment?
Will we ever see deceased loved ones again?
For those who practice the Christian faith there is belief in an everlasting reward.
In John 3:16 it says: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For “believers” death on earth is made easier because we know there is life after death and we will see our loved one in a later life.
It’s hard for me to imagine how people who don’t believe handle losing a loved one with earthly death being so final.
At times like these my faith is truly appreciated.
