One year ago today my dad died and the one thing that has made his death bearable is knowing that there is life after death. Families are eternal. My parents were sealed in the temple and I am sealed to them. One day I will see him again.
Sometimes the hardest part about losing a loved one is resisting the urge to ask the question "Why?". Why did he develop an untreatable cancer? Why did he die relatively young? Why won't my children get to meet him and have the blessing of knowing him as their grandfather? (But maybe they've already met him...maybe they are all playing together right now.)
Nevertheless, knowing the doctrines of the gospel of Jesus Christ help me find peace. When we came to Earth there was no promise that life would be easy and painless. But we were promised joy in exaltation and eternal life if we endured through our trials and relied on the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. And though we may be separated from the people we love for a time, that separation is not permanent. How blessed I am to know my Heavenly Father loves me and provided a way, through the Plan of Salvation, to return to him to live in his presence with those who have passed on before me!
6 years ago
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