06/23/2026
LEARNING FROM DEATH
There is a time for everything…
a time to be born and a time to die.
ECCLESIASTES 3:1-2
Have you ever watched a loved one struggle with pain, growing disability, and even approaching death? Perhaps you asked yourself, “Why doesn’t God just let her die?”
I don’t have a complete answer for you. We live in a fallen, sin-scarred world, and much of what happens falls far short of God’s original plan.
But I do know this. Even when we can’t understand why God allows things like this to happen, He still can be trusted to do what is right. God is sovereign, and He knows what is best—for you, for the person who is suffering, and for all those affected by their suffering. In God’s time, He will take the suffering saint to be with Him.
When someone is suffering or dying, we should ask God to teach us whatever lessons He has for us in this experience. Sometimes, I believe, God allows a loved one to linger because family members need to come together and be reconciled to one another. God also may use situations like this to teach us how to love others who are in need and to remind us of the brevity of life.
WISDOM FOR TODAY
Because we trust You, Father, we know that our suffering or the suffering of a loved one is never in vain. Help us cling tightly to You in times of sorrow, knowing that You will work all things for our good and Your glory.
