Last Saturday, one of our dear members, Sue Schutt, fell asleep in Jesus. Sue's passing was a reminder that death is awful, an enemy that God never intended for us to contend with. Easter reminds us that death could not hold down or defeat the Son of God. Because Jesus rose from the dead, the Scriptures promise that we, too, will rise from the dead. Death will not have the last word.
Because this is so, Professor Arthur Just, delivers great news for us to consider: Although you will become sick and one day die, in Christ's death and resurrection, to which you have been joined through your Baptism, you now are completely whole and well for your life is now His life.
From "Heaven on Earth," page 89
