Saturday, December 22, 2018
To the family of Ms Miriam Seaton, I wish to express my sincere sympathy with you. My name is Tricia Mills, you may not know me but when I read of the passing of your loved one I wanted to share some words of comfort, words that brought me comfort at the death of my loved ones.
"Praised be the God and Father of our lord Jesus Christ, and the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our trials so that we may be able to comfort others in any sort of trial with the comfort that we receive from God." 2 Corinthians 1:3,4
Jesus in speaking to his disciples about the death of his dear friend Lazarus said at John 11:11,13,14 'Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I am travelling to awaken him.' Jesus, however, had spoken about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking a rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly: 'Lazarus has died.' Noticed Jesus did not say that Lazarus had gone to heaven or that he was with his other departed loved ones nor that he was burning in a hell fire, he said Lazarus was asleep. So you can draw comfort from these words, that your beloved 'Miriam' is not suffering anywhere but she is asleep, and a sleep that Jesus can awaken her from. God tells us in his word the Bible, that the time will soon come when those asleep in the grave will be resurrected (Acts 24:15) You too can take comfort and look forward to that time when you can see your loved one again.
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