The Death of our family members, friends, relatives, and neighbors, is the worst heart shatter event. It is like a wakening nightmare. The pain engulfs our strength and creates terrible grief in us. We can’t help crying. Some time, believers, who posses a little faith, set aside the little faith and curse God. This event is being widely seen and heard.
While a father was about to bury his dead daughter in a cemetery, he looked up at the skies and yelled, “where are you, God, when my child was dead?! Where are you?!”
At once, the pastor, who was standing before the bereaved father, said to him, “God is there when his son was also dead, and he’s still there when your child was also dead.”
The bereaved father squinted at the pastor, speechless. The pastor continued, “God has plan s for all of us. Who are you and me find faults with them? Just hope that your daughter accomplished God’s will and gone.”
The bereaved father realized his mistake and asked God to forgive him. This is the true story of a bereaved father of a little faith.
Now see what the bereaved fathers of full faith did in the same situation.
While David’s child was sick, he fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground, but as he learnt the child was dead, he got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the
house of the LORD and worshipped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request his servants served him food, and he ate. His servants were puzzled at this. On finding that:
He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, `Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.’But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.” - 2Sa. 12:22-23.
When Job was informed that his sons and daughters died, he didn’t ask God why he took away his offspring. He said:
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised - Job 1:21.
His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!” He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”- Job 2:9-10.
Job accepted trouble but didn’t curse God. He knew God has plans for everyone, so he didn’t find a fault with God’s plan.
Some sensitive believers of a few faith are unaware of this, so they are cursing God in the grief.
May God forgive them, for they don’t know what they are speaking in the frustration and the grief. I pray that may God make them known that everything is going on according to his plans.
God doesn’t forsake bereaved families. He consoles them, strengthen them, and revives them.
I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak - Ez. 34:16.
So keep in mind that though we go to bottom of the grief, we shouldn’t curse God. Our departed beloved ones are highly loved by God. He loves them more than we could.
May our departed beloved ones souls rest in peace.
