The Dead Who Die in the Lord

I'm a mortician, and I've washed and prepared thousands of bodies. I've seen people in their finality, and it's humbled me.

John says that those who die in the Lord will rest from their labors. That death is rest. Not punishment. Not the end. Rest.

I tell the families that. Not in a way that denies their grief, but as a word of hope. Your loved one is resting. The work is finished. The struggle is over. That matter.

I've learned more theology from dead bodies than from any seminary. Their finality teaches you what's essential. And rest seems essentially what they need now.