No More Struggles

Last night when we turned to our devotional booklet, "Our Daily Bread", the heading for Tuesday's devotion read "No More Struggles".  It fit in so perfectly as our thoughts were of Aunt Ruth, her family and friends as they gather for a celebration of her life today.  "Our Daily Bread" was a favourite devotional booklet of Aunt Ruth's.  One year she gave gift subscriptions as Christmas gifts.  I am going to quote from yesterday's devotion as it is so fitting for Aunt Ruth.

"Often the process of dying is a struggle.  But death itself need not be feared by the believer in Christ - for it will bring us to heaven.  In Revelation 21:1-4 John gives a wonderful description of what eternity with God will be like. The New Jerusalem will be a place where God lives with His people eternally, and it will be a place of "no more"-no more pain, sorrow and sickness.  We don't know very much about eternity, but we do know that for the Christian, whatever our emotional and physical struggles are now, they will cease then. Life with God will be better by far." (Marvin Williams)

"Think of a land of no sorrow,
 Think of a land of no fears,
 Think of no death and no sickness,
 Think of a land of no tears."  (Anon)

Today we find comfort in knowing that Aunt Ruth has gone Home to that place of no sorrow, fears, death, sickness or tears.  Blessed be the memory of this dear woman of faith.