Death?

Mike's Super Easy Sunday Message

Ok, elephant in the room: Death, dead, die, died. Words we don’t like to utter. In fact, some won’t even say them because of their associated ‘curse’ or ‘taboo’. One thing’s for sure – the very definition of those words brings about unrest, uneasiness, sadness, anger, hopelessness and, biggest of all, disbelief in knowing God. Let’s talk about ‘death’ and why God allows it.

This new year, my personal life was affected by Death twice within a week from each other. My stepdad of 40 years, Dennis, died on New Year’s Eve. He was ill for quite some time and while some sicknesses seem to bring the ‘death sentence’, there’s always that hope that they’ll somehow pull out of it. Then, exactly one week later, I lost a friend and radio co-worker, Elisa, 38, (an avid reader of these Sunday messages) with no inherent sickness (that we knew of), entered the hospital Christmas Day ‘not feeling well’, dies, suddenly, this past Tuesday. In conversation with her on Monday, did we know it was to be our last one? Where was God?

“God, how could you take someone so early?!” “God, that person was so good and did so much for the community! Why did she deserve to die at such an early age?!” First off, know this: God is NOT in the business of ‘killing’ or ‘taking’ people away from us! He loves us! Stop blaming God for stealing people’s lives so that the living may suffer from it! God IS in the business of ‘taking’ us AFTER our bodies cease to function here on earth. He is there to rescue our spirits, who, without Him, will ‘wander’ aimlessly, forever! We are on our own down here but, we are NOT alone – we can always talk with God to help us make better decisions. Inevitably, though, if it happens here on earth, it’s up to us – our decisions. We NEED God for later on!

So, yes – thank God for ‘taking’ your loved one (believer) to live with Him – His ultimate purpose since the beginning! As intelligent as we think we are, we are not intelligent enough to understand this purpose (although, I hope you are). There is a MUCH better ‘life’ waiting for us AFTERWARDS! Not some ‘witch doctor’ mumbo-jumbo – but, a VERY REAL existence that WILL happen for each and every one of us! Are you prepared to live with God? Or are you living your life in hopelessness, Godless, and empty of knowing your, what could be, a beautiful, indescribable future? Know God – or don’t – you’re free to do what you want. It’s your decision.