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Tonight a man I just met mentioned to me that his son died very young and there was that silence. There was another Christian woman in meeting and she was silent too. I didn't know what to say. I wanted to ask "What IS his name?" rather than what WAS his name, since we know he is alive in Heaven with the Lord Jesus but I didn't. I was so afraid of saying the wrong thing that I said nothing ~which is wrong.
Maybe that is a question we should ask someone when they share something like that with us. It's not like he or she no longer exists or is eternally dead. I should have opened my mouth. Maybe that is what we should do.
Tonight a man I just met mentioned to me that his son died very young and there was that silence. There was another Christian woman in meeting and she was silent too. I didn't know what to say. I wanted to ask "What is his name?" rather than what WAS his name, since we know he is alive in Heaven with the Lord Jesus but I didn't. I was so afraid of saying the wrong thing that I said nothing, which is wrong.
Fellow Christians, maybe that is a question we should ask someone. It's not like he no longer exists or is eternally dead. I should have opened my mouth.
Was this in a Bible class meeting, or some other kind of meeting? Was the man a believer? Was his son?
Yes, it can be awkward to know what to say in a situation like that. You could have just said, ''I'm sorry.'' Or you could have said something along the line of ''we grieve when a loved one dies, but we know that we will see them again.'' And perhaps point the man to what Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17.
In Greek there is the name IHEOYE and the letters IHS or even IS and even ihs which the name Jesus comes from ................................. Then there is the word ICHTHYS which is the christian fish of the persecuted Christians, which means ``I``IHEOYE means Jesus, ``CH`` Christous means Christ, ``TH`` Theos means God, ``Y`` Yios means Son, ``S`` Soter means savoir, so then the christian Fish symbol means Jesus Christ God Son Savior .......... So the IS means Jesus Savior from the greek IHEOYE SOTER
Tonight a man I just met mentioned to me that his son died very young and there was that silence. There was another Christian woman in meeting and she was silent too. I didn't know what to say. I wanted to ask "What IS his name?" rather than what WAS his name, since we know he is alive in Heaven with the Lord Jesus but I didn't. I was so afraid of saying the wrong thing that I said nothing ~which is wrong.
Maybe that is a question we should ask someone when they share something like that with us. It's not like he or she no longer exists or is eternally dead. I should have opened my mouth. Maybe that is what we should do.
I never thought of it that way. Thank you for sharing!
Tonight a man I just met mentioned to me that his son died very young and there was that silence. There was another Christian woman in meeting and she was silent too. I didn't know what to say. I wanted to ask "What IS his name?" rather than what WAS his name, since we know he is alive in Heaven with the Lord Jesus but I didn't. I was so afraid of saying the wrong thing that I said nothing ~which is wrong.
Maybe that is a question we should ask someone when they share something like that with us. It's not like he or she no longer exists or is eternally dead. I should have opened my mouth. Maybe that is what we should do.
It is very difficult in knowing what to say to grieving ones. Comfort from the Bible is always great as you were seeking to do. I generally use Ecc 9, 5, 10 to show their loved ones are no longer suffering, especially if they died horribly. And one I particularly like to use is Rom 6:7 showing that all who die, unless they sinned against the holy spirit of course, are acquitted of their sins at death. Therefore they will be resurrected Rev 20:13. It is very hard to sin against the holy spirit, one has to know God well, and deliberately work against His purposes. Judas is a prime example.
Thank you Miss Kate...I was hoping that somehow my post would be a blessing to someone.
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