What I mean is if someone you really love dies I would like to think of them living on somewhere else and looking down on me, but for those people who point blank do not belive, is the pain worse and how is that comforting, especially if it is tragic cirumstances?
2007-03-15 00:40:38 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven.
Would you hold my hand if I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand if I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day,
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven.
Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
Time can break your heart, have you begging please, begging please.
Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure,
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven.
Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on,
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven.
Eric Clapton, written after the death of his son.
2007-03-15 00:44:16 · answer #1 · answered by Maestro 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever been to a funeral where the person presiding over it (pastor, priest, whoever) said "Well, he's gone now and in a far worse place."? As a Christian, I believe that would be an honest statement at MOST funerals, and have felt that at many funerals I've been to.
Because of this, at any funeral I've ever spoken at (I'm not a pastor), I have not made a statement about the deceased salvation, but I have explained salvation and had an alter call.
Losing someone you love is hard. If in your heart, you think that where they are after death is worse than the suffering they were going through before death it can be even harder. The only comfort I can hold to is this - Scripture tells us that in heaven there is no sadness. To me, this means that in heaven, I'll understand. The light will come on. And it won't hurt to not see some people that I cared about on earth.
2007-03-15 01:20:33 · answer #2 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It hurts us to lose someone to death. It goes against our core since we were created to live forever. We miss that person very deeply.
It is very comforting to know the ones that have died are all asleep awaiting a resurrection back to a cleansed , paradise earth.
psalms 37:10-11 tells where we will all live, the living and the resurrected ones. They will be raised up to be rejoined with us and what a loving provision of God.
Ecc 9:5 says the dead are conscience of nothing at all.
John 5:28-29 tells us that soon Jesus will call all those in the memorial tombs to wake up. They will be resurrected back to life but for now they are asleep in the grave.....they cannot help you...they cannot hurt you.
2007-03-15 01:36:45 · answer #3 · answered by debbie2243 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In my lifetime, I've lost my father, both grandmothers, one grandfather (the other died before I was born), 4 uncles and 3 close friends. So I guess you can say death and I are on speaking terms.
I honestly don't know if during those times of grief if it is easier or worse to know there is an afterlife. I saw one post above that said her mother was dead and buried, she simply did not exist anymore. Wouldn't that be much more comforting to know than to realize that the person who died is burning in hell?
2007-03-15 01:02:18 · answer #4 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pain is Pain, But yes I do think Christians can be more comforted, since they believe in a hereafter, I lost my 1st wife in 1989 after watching her die for 304 days in ICU, we were married going on 22 yrs. I had a choice, to go home & greaive the rest of my life or to go on with my life, My 1st wife was 37 when she died, she was my high school sweetheart. So I decided to go on with my life, I am now remarried to a very wonderful Christian woman that was a widow & we will be marry 16 yrs. tomorrow, & NOT one time have we ever argue about any scriptures.
2007-03-15 00:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't make it any easier for Christians to lose someone, we're still human. I lost my grandfather and he was a christian and I knew where he was, but my selfish human nature wanted him here with me. I also lost my uncle who wasn't saved and it was very sad because I believe what the bible says about hell. So in fact I think that it can actually be harder on Christians to lose unsaved loved ones because we know the truth.
2007-03-15 00:49:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Believer or not, I don't think there can be any pain worse than losing someone you care about. But I've been an atheist for years; we recently buried my mother and I'm still an atheist; and no amount of god-belief would have eased my pain or guilt or regret. My mother believed in an afterlife and I don't -- that's just how it is. There's a body lying in a crypt, awaiting burial in the spring. It's just a body; it's not my mother; but I don't believe for a moment that some immaterial part of her is still around "somewhere." Everything living dies and I see no reason why my mother, or I, or you, should be exempt from that rule.
2007-03-15 00:48:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
if the person does not believe then I think the pain is worse because I should have done more to share my faith. When they are believers it is sad to lose them but knowing they are in heaven it is just short of celebration
2007-03-15 02:59:57 · answer #8 · answered by nolet93 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's sad when you lose someone you love in death. Even Jesus cried when He got news of his friend's death. It is easier to except when you know why the person died and that you have the chance to see that person again.The resurrection hope is strong in my life and helps me cope with the trials and tribulations I face daily.
2007-03-15 00:55:31 · answer #9 · answered by papa G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You mean..lose not loose,(which is the opposite of tight).
Yes it is,even though it is hard to lose a loved one it is great to know that they are safe at last in God's care.
I pity Weemaryanne,had she got God to comfort her, the pain would have been MUCH easier to bear even though she doesn't think so.I too have been through it and I thank God for my faith which helped me through.
2007-03-15 01:12:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋