In the afterglow of Resurrection Sunday I was able to take a few days away from my normal routine for personal reflection and solitude. My wife and I traveled back to the coast to be with our parents for a short stay in our native North Carolina homeland.
While there I visited the burial site of my Granny Margery and Granddaddy Gray. Though I have made many trips to the humble island cemetery, I had not really recognized clearly a Scripture verse at the very bottom of Granny and Granddaddy's shared headstone. I knelt on the ground to read it clearly. As I was there on my knees my heart was strangely warmed. Yes, I was wonderfully encouraged in a cemetery by the words of Jesus, maybe sort of like Mary of Magdala was. (Well, at least Mary of Magdala and Kerry of Carolina were both in a cemetery and Mary of Magdala and Kerry of Carolina were both experiencing the afterglow of The Resurrection of The Lord Jesus.)
Anyway, the Scripture engraved on my grandparents' gravestone is a sentence spoken by Jesus when He came to Bethany just before resurrecting His friend, Lazarus:
And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.
-- Words of Jesus in John 11:26a (KJV)
Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.
-- Words of Jesus in John 11:26a (GWT)
Click here: Margaret Becker - Say the Name - YouTube
John 20:11-18 may offer extra encouragement for your heart today.
Say The Name! JESUS! Because of Him death is defeated!
Grateful
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I Give Him the Glory...family is one of his gifts that so many of us hold dear. may that faithfulness only grow.thank you.
Thanks for your time and comment. Blessings.
Jesus said: "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,
and they follow me. I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish;
no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father,
who has given them to me, is greater than all;
no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
I and the Father are one" John 10:27-30.
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