'Twill Be Some Time Still

byRussellO1

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6 years ago

It is done

We laid her to rest on Sunday, seven days after THE LORD put her to sleep.

In a grave next to my father's, her mortal body lies, already going through the process of decomposition, I suspect. It will eventually return to the dust from whence it came.

Flowers cover the spot, there were enough to cover her grave and that of my dad's. A decorated blanket they will never know that their bodies are under. The living, paying tribute to the dead, even when we know that they don't know anything.

The dull thud of sod on the lid of that coffin, the final echoing reminder that Evelyn L Griffith-Osborne once trod this sin infested world.

Hope

Yet my mind glows with hope cause I know that she is preserved in the One who is "the resurrection and the life".

I know that her life continues to be "hid with Christ in God" and that when "Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then she shall also appear with Him in glory".

'Cause, on that day "the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God: and the dead in Christ will rise first".

Since my faith is that she died in Christ, then I expect that she will rise in Him. Then, those of us who are living in Christ will also rise and be "caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and forever we will be with The Lord"

Someone asked me approximately 24 hours after her death, if I think that she and my father had met yet.

I answered no and went on to remind him of the above promise and explain to him that their meeting would only take place after the first resurrection if both of them are involved in it. I have the faith that they will be.

So no, they are not walking about in heaven and being introduced to family and friends who died before. They rest until the life give shall call them to immortal glory.

"For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God" Hebrews 11:10.

Thank You

To all you wonderful people who took the time to extend your condolences I say thank you.

On behalf of my siblings and myself I extend our deepest heartfelt thanks. Your love and support will always be appreciated and remembered.

So in whatever way you demonstrated feelings, understanding and empathy in this our time of grief, thank you.

God bless you.

In this time of bereavement, I learned a little more about love, how to love and how to demonstrate that love.

Thank you.

Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Revelation 21:14