"'O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?'
For sin is the sting that results in death,
and the law gives sin its power.
But thank God!
He gives us victory over sin and death
through our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 NLT
Death is a part of life, or so we're told. Death, however, was not an intended part of God's creation. When He spoke all things into being, death was not part of the plan. When sin entered God's perfect creation, so entered death. And along with it suffering, grief, pain and sorrow.
We just lost our sweet kitty named Lacey. She was the only girl in a world of boys. Her littermate was a boy, and she was adopted into a family of two male dogs and three other male cats. Even so, she was the brave and courageous one. Her passing was sudden and unexpected; out of the blue. Her loss brings with it much sorrow.
How can we carry on after losing a loved one? Where is God in the face of such pain? Why does death have to ruin all the joy that life brings? While this life comes to an end, thanks to Jesus Christ, the grave does not hold us! No! We have the hope of eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Therefore, those who are in Christ need not fear death. It holds no power over us. Even though God did not create death along with life, He did give us victory, sweet victory over it's domain. Let us rejoice this day in the hope we have in Jesus!
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