Christians.... Are you happy when someone you know dies??? Why not?

Question

you believe they are in heaven and will see them again
whats to be sad about?

Answer 1

the sad part is we will never at least here be able to fish,golf or just hang with this person ever to me who have lost a few close friends and family thats sad

Answer 2

I am sad because I miss them. When someone you love or care about moves away it makes you sad. I do rejoice for those brothers and sisters who have gone home. For I know someday I will be home with them. I rejoice because they are whole again. I have a beautiful wife who use to play the flute. She was in a terrible accident and one arm was paralyzed. I cannot wait to her her play again in heaven.
No before someone say that was a hurtful thing for God to do. After the accident she was told she would never walk or hold a job again. She owned three of her own company's. She also has been able to help many others with the same or similar conditions. She has been a blessing to many people that she would have otherwise never met. God has a purpose for everything He does.

Answer 3

When someone who knows Jesus dies, it is such a comfort to know they are in the very presence of the Lord. Those who have lived a long life are tired and longing to go home to their reward. There is sadness because their earthly presence will be missed and if it's a young person, there's sadness that they could not have lived a full life. But to a Christian, death is just a door through which we go into everlasting life in God's Heaven.

Answer 4

I had lost my father and i am still grieving. Believing heaven gives me the hope of reunion. But when will that be? You will feel sad because you love this person so much that you can't afford being separated. If we grieve for a love that was lost even if we still can see each other how much more for a life of a person.

Answer 5

There is this thing called LOVE and FRIENDSHIP. There is something else called MISSING a person that you care for.
Perhaps you have heard of it. Maybe you have some friends. Maybe you love someone.
If you have ever felt love for anyone or if you have ever in your life cared for someone, you may know the feeling.

My tears come from that.

I am happy that the person is released from suffering. I am happy that he/she is in Heaven. However, I miss that person.

Do you know what compassion is? Do you know what friendship is? Do you care for anyone at all?
Do you have a heart? If so, you will understand.
Surely there is someone that you love.
Even if you know you will see them again, don't you miss them?

Answer 6

No, I am not happy when a person dies. I am especially not happy if they are killed in an accident or murdered. Also, if they have not had a long and full life, their death is tragic. On the other hand, if they are elderly, infirmed, and/or suffering, I view the death as a blessing. In all cases, the sadness one experiences is the loss of contact--albeit memories of happy times can assuage your grief. God bless! AMEN

Answer 7

Of course we're saddened by the death of a loved one...even Christ wept when His friend Lazarus died, even when He knew what He was about to do!(raise him from the dead)
Knowing that a loved one, or anyone, dies "in Christ" takes much of the grief away. We do not sorrow like those that have no hope.
A verse that would give better clarity is 1 Corinthians 16:54-58.
The entire chapter talks about resurrection, Christ's, and ours.

Answer 8

The condition of the dead is made clear at Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, where we read: “The dead know nothing . . . There is no pursuit, no plan, no knowledge or intelligence, within the grave.” (Moffatt) Death, therefore, is a state of nonexistence. The psalmist wrote that when a person dies, “he goes back to his ground; in that day his thoughts do perish.” (Psalm 146:4) The dead are unconscious, inactive.

Answer 9

Excuse me, if someone you love goes overseas for years or even decades, would you be happy? I think not. There is a separation called TIME which gives birth to sadness.

Surely a Christian won't be happy when someone he/she knows dies, because he/she could even have to wait for more than half a century to be able to meet them again in heaven.

Answer 10

I am not happy about not having them with me down here any longer, but I am happy that they are out of any pain that they may have been in and that I will see them in heaven someday.
I try to remember the good things that we did and the time that we had together. Spirtually I rejoice but in the flesh I for a short time feel sorry for myself because they are gone.

Answer 11

Because we will miss them until that day comes and also, I cry for those who have grown used to seeing them daily and now have an emptiness that faith occupies, but doesn't FILL. Jesus was sometimes called a Man of Sorrows. It is okay to be sad, but do that still with rejoicing. That is our Christian life! Joyful but burdened all at once! Great question!