But the sweet music from the harp of God has
cheered some sad hearts who have learned of the divine arrangement to
restore their dear ones whom they have loved and lost awhile. By faith
the Christian sees that in his own good time and way God will bring back
their beloved dead and give them an opportunity for endless life and
happiness, because he has promised thus to do. The Christian knows that
God's promises are certain of fulfillment and that his power to perform
is unlimited. Such faith, based upon the precious promises, helps now in
a measure to allay the sting of death.
[615]Beside the tossing billows of the mighty ocean one walks in silent
meditation. Her mind turns to a beloved one who during the World War was
taken away to serve in the navy. For a time he sailed the seas and
returned, only to sicken and die, leaving behind a bleeding heart, which
only time and the Lord can heal. As her feet silently tread the soft
sands recently caressed by the waves, her mind is filled with thoughts
of happy days spent with her beloved brother, whose laughter is now
hushed in death and who sleeps in Jesus, waiting for the time of
resurrection. The former joyful days were turned into sorrow because of
Death's wicked hand. But the great Burden-Bearer lightens her load and
helps her to bear her sorrow as there come to her mind the words spoken
through his messenger: "Sorrow not as others, who have no hope; for if
we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep
in Jesus will God bring by him.
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