Tuesday; February 24
Have you ever heard death referred to as having lost someone? Well, the other day, I heard a song by Bradley Walker that struck quite a chord with me. In the song, “We Know Where He Is”, the singer recounts the death of his grandfather. The old man had been faithful in his spiritual walk, so at the end of his life he observed, “We haven’t lost him, we know where he is.”. While it might be a common expression to say that we “have lost someone” when they pass, but when they have been faithful, they are anything but lost, they are safe and secure in the hereafter. Some of us might have been raised not to take our salvation for granted, but does that mean we have to live in doubt? Interestingly, the writer of I John seems to tell us we don’t have to live in fear. We are encouraged, “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (I John 5:13). Wouldn’...