JESUS IS RISEN!

He is Risen! HE IS RISEN INDEED! This greeting in many Christian churches summarizes the good news of Easter.He is Risen! HE IS RISEN INDEED! This greeting in many Christian churches summarizes the good news of Easter. What impact does that have on one who is grieving? Here are just a few scriptures that, I hope, with give you great hope for your grief journey:

Guarantee life beyond the grave: We have felt that this is not all there is for a long time. Here is proof.

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.… Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:1, 5-8

Jesus is the first one, but many will follow:

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. I Corinthians 15:20-22

His resurrection gives us Hope:

Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. I Thessalonians 4:13-14

Absent from body, present with Lord. Your child is safe in Him:

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, Philippians 1:21-23