Lds scriptures comfort death3/1/2023 Claim the Blessings of Your Covenants – Sister Linda S. What have we to console us in relation to the dead? We have reason to have the greatest hope and consolation for our dead of any people on the earth. Through Christ, broken hearts are mended and peace replaces anxiety and sorrow. If grieving parents and loved ones have faith in the Savior and his plan, death’s sting is softened as Jesus bears the believers’ grief and comforts them through the Holy Spirit. Just as the lame man at the pool of Bethesda needed someone stronger than himself to be healed (see John 5:1–9), so we are dependent on the miracles of Christ’s atonement if our souls are to be made whole from grief, sorrow, and sin. Batemanĭeath teaches that we do not experience a fulness of joy in mortality and that everlasting joy can be achieved only with the assistance of the Master (see D&C 93:33–34). The Power to Heal from Within – Bishop Merrill J. He and His Beloved Son, the resurrected Jesus Christ, have promised help. Heavenly Father hears those prayers and understands their needs. Many are praying to Heavenly Father for relief, for help in carrying their burdens of grief, loneliness, and fear. The only way to take sorrow out of death is to take love out of life. Moreover, we can’t fully appreciate joyful reunions later without tearful separations now. It is a natural response in complete accord with divine commandment: “Thou shalt live together in love, insomuch that thou shalt weep for the loss of them that die.” (D&C 42:45.) Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love. Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Not even death can take from us the eternal blessings promised by a loving Heavenly Father. There we will be given new opportunities. One of the blessings of the gospel is the knowledge that when the curtain of death signals the end of our mortal lives, life will continue on the other side of the veil. While it may not come at the time we desire, the faithful will know that every tear today will eventually be returned a hundredfold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude. That which is taken away from those who love the Lord will be added unto them in His own way. The Lord compensates the faithful for every loss. Come What May, and Love It – Elder Joseph B. We know, for we have the light of revealed truth. The empty tomb that first Easter morning was the answer to Job’s question, “If a man die, shall he live again?” To all within the sound of my voice, I declare, If a man die, he shall live again. The salvation of mankind had been secured. The pain and agony of Gethsemane and Calvary had been wiped away. The most glorious, comforting, and reassuring of all events of human history had taken place-the victory over death. This should be our purpose-to persevere and endure, yes, but also to become more spiritually refined as we make our way through sunshine and sorrow. However, such difficulties allow us to change for the better, to rebuild our lives in the way our Heavenly Father teaches us, and to become something different from what we were-better than we were, more understanding than we were, more empathetic than we were, with stronger testimonies than we had before. We know that there are times when we will experience heartbreaking sorrow, when we will grieve, and when we may be tested to our limits. Our Heavenly Father, who gives us so much to delight in, also knows that we learn and grow and become stronger as we face and survive the trials through which we must pass. “I Will Not Fail Thee nor Forsake Thee” – President Thomas S. How grateful I am to my Heavenly Father that in His plan there are no true endings, only everlasting beginnings. They are merely interruptions-temporary pauses that one day will seem small compared to the eternal joy awaiting the faithful. The more we learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ, the more we realize that endings here in mortality are not endings at all. We are eternal beings, children of the Almighty God, whose name is Endless and who promises eternal blessings without number. Why is this? Because we are made of the stuff of eternity. In light of what we know about our eternal destiny, is it any wonder that whenever we face the bitter endings of life, they seem unacceptable to us? There seems to be something inside of us that resists endings. Grateful in Any Circumstances – President Dieter F. Here are ten quotes from LDS leaders about this particularly painful part of the plan. Living prophets and apostles speak today to continue this tradition of love and comfort. From the beginning, God has given us counsel and direction through these difficult times. Grief and mourning still occurs, no matter our beliefs about life after death. Death may be a natural part of Heavenly Father’s Plan of Salvation, but this knowledge doesn’t make the loss any easier.
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