The Glorious Paradox
of Celebrating Life in Death!
Life is so precious
that it defies logic for us to release loved ones when it’s their
time. Yet we see this exhortation, “Precious
in the sight of the Lord is the death of His
saints.” Psalm 116:15. Death graphically reminds us that we aren’t home
yet. (Heb. 11:16) Meanwhile, we journey and don’t lose heart. Though our outward man is wasting away, we see our inward
man being renewed day by day. Perhaps, there is true life in death
and paradoxically a genuine experience of death in our daily life.
That
is the compelling reason that “we
fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is
temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.’ (2 Cor. 4:18) There is a true
sense that “our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal
glory that far outweighs them all.” Glory, God’s glory is tugging at all
of our hearts, that yearning to be in our heavenly home. On January 5,
2013 one of our precious colleagues felt that tug and went home.
Kathleen Elizabeth Powers went to glory in a true
celebration of life. Even though her earthly departure was
commemorated with great dignity, it is nothing compared to the majesty of her
reception in heaven. As the scripture says, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then
face to face.” Kathleen is beholding the face of Jesus.
Kathleen is home.
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