Yesterday I attended a memorial service for a friend’s mother. She and her husband lost 3 of their parents in about a year and a half. I thought about them the rest of the evening and dreamed about loved ones who have died. I woke up this morning feeling might low. I felt that it doesn’t really matter what I do or how I do it, we are all going to die in the end anyways. I didn’t want to entertain those thoughts or follow them any further, so I put on an app and prayed the rosary. During the prayer, the scripture 1 Corinthians 15:54-55 came up:

“And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: Death is swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

This has been one of my favorite scriptures for a long time. I remembered that the pastor read these words at the memorial service yesterday. I was immediately grateful for God’s words and His timing as I pondered them further. Yes, we will all die, but this world is not all there is. In this life we have the ability to love those around us and help each other through. We have the opportunity to get to know our God who created us and loves us. We have capability of working our way towards Heaven and helping others to do so as well so we can be all together again. Our life here is short, but eternity awaits us on the other side. When I looked up the above scripture, I read the verses that followed:

“. . . thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”

Your labor is not in vain.

I Found God today reminded that death is not the end.