Thursday, October 7, 2021
To the Flanagan:
On behalf of my family, we take this time to express my personal condolences to the family of Viola V Flanagan. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends during this time of great sadness. Yes this is a time period where words of comfort for the family will be in great demands. I am sure that many will be there with strong love and support for all. Many we never leave God out of this arrangement. As the scriptures states, God is a God of all tender mercy and comfort. ( 2 Corinthians 1:3-4) Yes there is no better source of comfort that we can receive at this time. He is well of aware of the many struggles that His earthly family has been dealing with. Right from the outset of the first Man's break from God, He has put into operation His purpose to restore the human family by to its original purpose. This purpose involves His eternal purpose that the human family would live forever.(Genesis 3:15) That is why He allowed His God to offer up His life for the dying human family.( John 3:16) So now we are now near this time when we will soon witness with our very eyes many wonderful blessings from God. One of those many blessings is the restoring of life back to those who have died. This promise is recorded at John 5:28-29. Right from the start of this verse we are encourage not to be amazed at this promise. Then God tells us that He would soon call to those in the grave to stand up in life again. We are not to be amazed because God is the source of life for all created things( Psalm 36:9) Yes even if a person dies, God has the power and the desire to restore life to anyone that He wishes. Then to provide further comfort to all grieving hearts, God has preserved nine accounts in the Bible that speaks about this wonderful blessing. Here is just one such example that is recorded at Acts 9:36-42. I hope that all will get a chance to see how these verses apply to Viola, and to many others who await their personal awakening from God. As always we encourage all to please keep this promise of God near your hearts at all times. Remember that God has given us His personal promise regarding the restoring of life. Yes it is impossible for God to lie. ( Titus 1:2)
