Bringing Us Together   
 

by Terry W. Benton

I am very thankful that my son’s death brought many people to us in solidarity of love, even people who were estranged from us, some who never seemed to want to include us in their lives, and some who even hurt us in the past, were touched by our grief and the thought of losing our son in tragic death. I am thankful that a death triggered such love and brought people together, and I hope it will keep us together. But, a question we all need to ask ourselves is “why couldn’t it be enough that GOD’S SON is the great unifier?” Are we more touched by the death of our son than the death of God’s Son? We should be brought together by the death of people we share a common love with, but there should be no greater common love to share than the common love shared in the death of God’s Son on the cross. THIS is the death that should bring us into the fellowship of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We should love each other because He first loved us to His death and gives us real hope in His resurrection.

We have reasons in a loved one’s death to feel the pain of loss, and to be grateful for so many things we share. Death reminds us that some things are not as important as we tend to make them, but Jesus’ death is about God’s love, His heart, His desire to unify us. Let the love shown in sympathy move us to think more about valuing each other because God valued each one enough to give His Son for us. Let us never allow God’s Son to have died in vain for us! This is our greatest desire in view of the heart-breaking loss we have experienced. Please unify with us around God's Son!

 

 

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It's Just Me
Extremist Cult
Subjective Spirit Leading
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