Death

Article: Dealing with a Loss

Photo courtesy of Stock.XCHNG.com/SSPIVAK Romans 12:15 (KJV) - Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.. When people experience a loss in their family or circle of friends, we often feel like we should say something, but we don't know what. Though the situation can be akward, we figure something is better than nothing and we wind up putting our foot in our mouth - making the situation even more strenuous.

Article: The House of Mourning

Photo courtesy of Stock.XCHNG.com/kendoll007 Ecclesiastes 7:2 (KJV) - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. When death comes to a family or friends, even those we hear about but didn't know, thoughts of the condition of our own lives come into thought. We think about how short life may be and how we are living it. Though many of us want to be in a house of great joy and look for ways to please ourselves, death brings things into perspective. Solomon states that...