13 Finally Together - Finally Home Series (MP3)

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"It's part of life. Death is a natural part of living." No it isn't. Birth is. Breathing is. Belly laughs, big hugs, and bedtime kisses are. But death? Death stinks. One reason we say so little at funerals is because we don't know what to say. Death stuns and silences us. It doesn't seem to fit. Why does God give a fishing buddy and then take him? A child, and then take her? Why does God fashion and present to you the greatest husband in history if you can't be together forever?

Death doesn't seem right. Indeed, it isn't. It's wrong. Death intruded into the Garden of Eden as a consequence of the curse. God's plan had no final day, breath, or heartbeats. That's why, when they come, we hurt. That's also why, when we understand Scripture, we celebrate.