If I see my brother again, I will be beyond happy, but making sure my boys, my family and friends are aware of Christ as Savior is most vital. I have kind of wondered.
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I lost my husband to suicide on December2, I met him in church and felt I had found the right man only to watch him go on a downward spiral over the last two years of his life. He quit going to church, quit going to things with church people. He quit taking care of himself and stopped bathing. The moment I found my husband had passed, I called , family and church family.
No wonder the pope has caused confusion. Heaven and hell are a state of mind
The prayers started immediately. The church put on a memorial service for him that was beautiful. The pastor spoke a very hopeful sermon on tortured souls. I truly believe my church saved me and my sanity. Their prayers brought so much comfort at a very difficult time.
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I was wrapped in the peace that goes beyond human understanding and have been able to continue on with out Rick. They have been there to listen to me. They send notes every once in a while to remind me that I matter to them. I know there is evidence that I have a relationship with our lord. It is all over my house and truck. Thank you father for MY salvation that only comes through you. I may be pleasantly surprised to find that Rick made it to heaven.
Thank you Rhonda…this is a very important subject to reflect on…and one worth sharing! I have always agonized over my great-grandmother, and like your brother, there was little evidence.
I once received the dreaded middle-of-the night phone call. But these pictures hold power, and I want you to see.
When Loved Ones Die and You’re Not Sure They’re in Heaven
Would any of these articles guarantee entrance or exclusion to Heaven for the owner? And even if they did, Scripture tells us that: Therefore, I no longer agonize over whether or not my brother is in Heaven. And how then could it be Heaven? Death cannot end them: To inflict such endless agony does not seem in the nature of a loving and merciful God; it seems disproportionate even to the demands of justice.
In fact the early and influential theologian St Origen believed that even Satan would be released from hell at last, although this was later judged a heresy. The real difficulty comes with the concept of eternity.
The problem is not just that the universe has no place for hell: The universe, which had a beginning in the big bang, and will have an end, cannot contain eternity. Only our minds can experience eternity and I suspect that suffering, like bliss, can be eternal in that sense — while it lasts. But no one who has experienced real bliss, or real anguish, could doubt that they exist.
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