"Death is Swallowed up in Victory."

 {I will be quiet here for few days as the Gentle Shepherd called my Grandma to walk the valley of the shadow of death that she would dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 

As the sun was beginning to set on this day, we rejoiced that she was free from suffering when she breathed her last breath on this earth to be with the Lord for all eternity.}

"When the perishable puts on the imperishable,

and the mortal puts on immortality, 

then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

'Death is swallowed up in victory.'

"'O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?' . . . 

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory

through our Lord Jesus Christ."

"The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters.

He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness

for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff,

they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD

forever."

{Psalm 23}

I found much comfort from the words of hope in this song. As I drove home into the setting sun after I was with Grandma as she passed from this life on this earth to life eternal, I praised God that "it is not death to die".

"O Jesus, conquering the grave

Your precious blood has power to save 

Those who trust in You

Will in Your mercy find

That it is not death to die."

 I pray that if you have going through a similar season, God will comfort you with His redeeming love, rich mercy, living hope, and amazing grace.