"The righteous perish, and no one wonders in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death."
Isaiah 57: 1, 2
Why? You may at some point in this life ask, "Why did this person have to die?"
Death does not seem to us like a good thing. With images of the Grim Reaper and spooky graveyards, it certainly has a bad reputation. However, death can be a release, especially if the deceased had been imprisoned by pain and suffering.
The above verses comforted me; I don't think I'd ever read them before. It is a God of love who wants to spare his people from evil so He takes them away from it. The words "rest" and "peace" soothe the soul, especially as one remembers the restlessness of their dying loved one.
Now we know they are in a better place, being spared from further evil. Lord knows we have enough of that in this world.
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