Hi douggie,
What a difficult question, but it pulls at my heart. Tomorrow is the
thirteenth anniversary of my own mother's death and it's always a
terrible ordeal for me as the date approaches, arrives, and passes by.
The answer lies in faith. What is faith? Well, I think that faith is a
blind belief -- it doesn't rely on proof and needs no evidence. It
originates in the heart and mind and soul of the believer.
Nobody can say with certainty WHERE, if anywhere, we 'go' when we die.
It's akin to the question, "If I blow out a candle, where does the
light go?"
Let's assume as a given that there is higher power -- we'll call that
power God. Let's assume one believes in this higher power. Let's
assume that the modern translations of the Bible are correct. I know
-- that's a lot of assuming.
The result of all these assumptions is that there is a heaven --
according to the Bible, Jesus and his Father, God, preside over it,
and it's the place that all faithful people go.
I don't presume to pretend I can reason like God. At my age, I'm lucky
to reason at all! But I know in my heart that my Ma is with her Jesus
in her heaven according to the beliefs she had when she was with us
here. The Bible tells us to honour our parents. In my mother's case,
she believed that when she left this world she'd be taken to heaven. I
can't honour her more greatly than to believe she IS where she
believed she would be going.
I cannot in all honesty believe that a soul is merely extinguished
when the physical body has expired. I can offer you no proof, no
website URLS, no scientific evidence. Without direct and personal
contact with deceased people, we can't guarantee or prove anything.
But I'll tell you fair and square (according to MY beliefs) --
whatever/whoever is the higher power, it takes care of its own, and
your Mum is in a safe, tranquil, joyous place. Perhaps she and my Ma
have made an acquaintance.
I'll understand if you don't accept this as an answer and will ask it
be removed if that's your wish, so that another researcher can take a
stab at it.
In any case,
I wish you well,
revbrenda1st |
