My parents died several years ago at different locations and a few years apart. I still miss them but I am so glad that I know where they are now. We will see them again, because our whole family believes in Jesus Christ and we know where we are going when we die.
I read an article about a woman who had lost her father, mother and sister in an airplane accident, all on one day.
She was the only one left behind. In the article, she related what she had experienced when she received the news and how she barely managed to cope with the facts one year after the incident.
The article had a very long list of comments at the end, written by people who also experienced the loss of loved ones.
Something that shook me while reading this article and comments, was the fact that no-one mentioned where their loved ones would be finding themselves now, or expressed any hope of being re-united with them one day in the future. These poor people had suffered a permanent loss it seems.
Could it be that they were not re-born into the family of God, or are they unwilling to witness in public what they stand for or what they believe in?
It was a tragic accident that was reported, but behind the scenes could be unfolding much more than a single tragedy. Firstly, because of people who choose not to accept Jesus as their Saviour and are lost forever. Secondly, because of people who are believing in Jesus but refuse to witness publicly what they believe.
The Bible states that God is omnipresent. We are still living in a broken world but in our presence is the One who loves us very much. He cannot leave us because He is omnipresent. I can only imagine how it hurts Him to see people turning Him away. It must hurt even more to witness people who have accepted Him as their Father, turning Him a blind eye in public.
My wife and I have 4 beautiful children but before they were born, we experienced 3 miss-carriages. We have 7 children of whom 4 are alive. We will see 3 of them for the first time one day when we get to heaven.
praise and worship our omnipresent Father for being alive in our imperfect world!