Where Do Our Loved Ones Go?
Coping with the loss of the ones we love
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’” — John 11:25–26, WEB-BE
When we wake up each day, we hardly think about that day when everything will end and this life as we know it will be no more. We may believe in the afterlife, we may even believe in heaven. But when someone we love so much suddenly dies, we wonder if we have believed at all.
Is there really a life after death? Could we see our departed loved ones again? Where could their souls possibly be? How could we be certain they are happy and at peace? All these questions come to mind as we search for answers that our hearts could really believe.
In the end, however, our only assurance is the infinite love and mercy of God. It is in His hands that we entrust everything — all that we love, all that we could possibly hope for.
In Him who suffered death itself to give us eternal life, we entrust our loved ones. In Him who conquered death and is already victorious, we entrust all our hopes.
