Hello aff devils

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by BrainWashed

I know people that weep to this day, which lost family members many years ago. Time doesn't always "heal" grief. Some memories often bring sorrows, and that can't be denied.

God is greater than time, and greater than our grief and sorrows. God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes. We shall be healed, made whole, and be blessed ("happy") throughout the ages of the ages.

You mentioned that "wiping away tears doesn't mean wiping away memories."

Do you believe that whenever you're in heaven, you'll have a thought about a loved one (e.g. parents, siblings) being lost for eternity, and you'll be okay with it?

What could you possibly say to that? Ah..they didn't listen so they deserved eternal damnation. We are human beings created with emotions. Can you really say they you'd be in heaven, knowing your family is lost for eternity, and just accept it and be okay with it? You don't believe in some conscious level you would desire your family to be there?

First of all, our destiny isn't heaven, it is eternity with God here on earth. But I understand what your saying.

You seem to be cheapening the overcoming power of God's love, and of His comfort. If God can't make you happy unless some loved one is with you, then I am afraid you are likely not going to make it.

Jesus said if we do not hate mother, father, wife, husband, sister, brother, son, daughter, yea and our own life also, we cannot be His disciple. What does that mean to you? Sounds to me like it means He has to be our number one priority, that if everyone on earth rejected Him we would still follow and live Him, that if following Him means leaving our closest friends and family behind then we weep, and then pull up our big boy pants and move on.

"Though none go with me, still I will follow...no turning back, no turning back."

Ever read Pilgrim's Progress? It teaches an important lesson.

Quite a few folks actually worship friends and family, with God just as a means to an end, instead of Him being the GOAL. Quite a few folks will find themselves lost because Jesus can't make them happy unless some demsnd of theirs is met.

This isnt about being nonchalant towards loved ones. It about proper perspective. "Let the dead bury their own dead". David wept and grieved for his dying child. When the child died, he wept no more. Why is that?