"So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy" (John 16: 21-22).
The context of this verse in John indicates that "Now", refers to the entirety of our present earthly life. While I am currently mourning a specific loss, grieving is also to be a way of life for the child of God. True, we can have deep abiding joy and peace in the Holy Spirit but when we reflect on our world, its sin, pain, persecution and suffering we ought to have a somberness, a grieving for what we see and experience. I don't want to be so enamored with this world and the things of this world.
I want to live the rest of my life aware of sin, pain, suffering and loss, caring for those who are hurting while at the same time looking eagerly forward to seeing Jesus and my beloved Jackie again.
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