Party at a funeral?

In the past couple weeks, there have been lots of stories in the news of famous people who have died: Farrah Faucet, Micheal Jackson, Billie Mays just to name a few. The response of the media and such has of course been sympathy and grief, and rightfully so, b/c death is a horrible thing to face. It is made even more difficult by the fact that with many of these people, their eternal destiny is questionable. It is hard to know where they are now. Maybe they found Jesus at some moment, maybe not, but the fact is we don't know. How awesome is it for those who are Christians thought to know that we can be sure of our eternal fate. When we face the death of a loved one, or even our own death, we can do so with a godly grief, a grief that is supported by hope and the resurrection. The next time we hear of someone famous dying, or even someone who is not famous, let it remind us that for those of us who have Christ, death is not a reason to fear, b/c for us, death is simply a door to eternity with our God. Grieve for loved ones, miss them, but celebrate the fact that they are finally home! I want my funeral to be a party, b/c I'm going to be partying with my Lord.

Just a thought

I was checking my email today when one of the headlines just jumped out at me. The headline was "Gingrich at Republican Fundraiser Says Obama’s ‘Already Failed.'" The article was not really that interesting, just talked about a speech Gingrich gave where he made the comment that President Barack Obama’s plan to fix the economy through stimulus spending and government intervention to boost companies like General Motors Corp. has "already failed." Now, my point is not make some political argument, my point is that the American people have put much of their hope in Obama, and to some he has already failed their hopes. The point however is that as followers of Christ, we don't have to worry about the One we put our hope into failing. God has said he will never leave us of forsake us, and that is the truth. We can go through even hard times like we are in now with a sense of peace and excitement knowing that our hope is found in Christ and his righteousness. So the next time you are having a rough day, week, month or year, I urge you to make sure you have placed you hope in Christ alone, and God gaurantees that you won't be disappointed!