FOR MY BELOVED FAMILY.
AS TO GRIEF, AND FOR THOSE LEFT
BEHIND WHO NEVER SAID GOODBYE.
Many people die suddenly, and those who were close to them in life often feel a sense of guilt if they were denied the opportunity of saying a last goodbye.
As an example, and with regard to my own family, if it should be the case that my spirit should leave this life first: Because my wife and two sons showed so much genuine love to me in words and deeds while I was alive, but that absence from each other prevented us saying our last goodbyes, then I say that the omission of this last act should not add to the sadness of my family at all. This, because of the thousands of unselfish loving acts we did for each other when we were together. These were the important moments in our lives, and are of far greater value than any comforting words spoken during the last moments of one's life. (Ecclesiastes 7:1-4).
In addition to these things, is the all-important knowledge we have of our living together again very soon in more pleasant abodes, as faithful ones who have a guaranteed future hope of a spirit afterlife, one of far greater quality and value than this short lifespan with all its miseries, trials, and tribulations. I speak of the promise through our Lord of an everlasting life in paradise, in the complete reality of peace and love, that we as a family will inherit because we have conquered this wicked world by our faith. Our love and loyalty to God is, and has always been, without hypocrisy, according to the knowledge and loving disciplines that our active faith in God has taught us.
Thank you for your patience toward us Heavenly Father.
But as for those who have lived life without God and who have not come to be known by Him, who do not care about the purpose of this life and how their spirit was required to live while residing in the flesh: when someone close to them dies they are left completely desolate. This brings them to the realisation of their hopelessness, reminding them of their own guilt and the empty desolation they feel whenever they think of their dead and of their own future without God.
So I thank you for your love dear Father, and for the loving family you gave me. For those remaining of my family, I would ask that they read the angel's words concerning the seven stages of joy awaiting "those who have kept to the way laid down by the Most High" in 2 Esdras 7:88-98 (NEB).
30/9/94.