Daily Devotional for October 27, 2022
All Is Not Lost
Desperately, Erica tossed items from her closet onto her bedroom floor.
“What’s going on?” Mom asked as she walked into the bedroom.
“I have to find them!” Erica cried, digging even faster through toys and clothes in the closet. “It’s all I have left of Grandma.”
Mom sat down on the bed. “What’s all you have left?”
Erica sighed. “I woke up crying this morning because I miss Grandma so much, Mom. And then I realized I’ve lost all my special gifts from her. The watch from last Christmas? It cracked when I fell on stage during that skit at summer camp. The gold necklace snagged on my sweater, and the chain broke. And you know that starfish tank at the aquarium, where you can reach in and touch them? Well, the bracelet with the purple stones Grandma gave me fell in there on our field trip. Only I didn’t notice until we’d gotten home.” Erica sniffled. “Now all I have to remember Grandma are the green polka-dotted socks she got me last summer.”
Mom looked at the items piled on the floor. “So that’s why you’re digging through your closet.”
Erica nodded and wiped her eyes. “What if I never find those socks?”
Mom scooted closer to Erica. “Honey,” she said, “you remember at Grandma’s funeral, how Pastor Nate shared about Grandma’s love for Jesus—how she had placed her faith in Him as her Savior, trusting Him to forgive her sins and give her eternal life?”
Erica nodded. “Grandma told me a lot about Jesus. She explained that, when we put our faith in Jesus, we live forever with Him. Even after this life is over. Is that right, Mom?”
Mom smiled. “That’s exactly what God tells us in the Bible. Those who trust in Jesus and come into His kingdom have eternal life. So, even though Grandma’s not here with us now, we know she’s with the Lord, and one day, when He comes back, He’ll raise her from the dead!”
“And we’ll see her again, right? If we put our hope in Jesus, we’ll be with Him forever. And with Grandma too,” Erica added. “You know, even if I don’t find those socks, I think Grandma won’t feel too far away.”
-Allison Wilson Lee
How about you?
Have you lost someone close to you? Jesus knows how hard it is to lose a person you love. It’s normal and natural to miss family members or friends who have died. But for those who trust in Jesus, death is not the end. In Him, we have eternal life and the promise of resurrection. We can grieve with the hope that we’ll be reunited with our loved ones who have trusted in Jesus when this life on earth is over.
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