The real solution to the anguish caused by separation from a loved one is the comfort that only Christ gives. After all, it’s Christ, not some medium, who holds our loved one in the palm of His hand. It’s Christ the Creator who holds the blueprint for that individual.

Spending time communicating with Christ is the healthiest way to grow through the grieving process. Slowly His perspective sinks into our minds; His promises shine on our gloomy thoughts. Remember that your loved one is asleep, and a night’s sleep seems like just a few moments to the sleeper. The next conscious impression that comes to those who sleep in Christ will be the sounds of the second coming.

Your loved ones who rest in Jesus will rise in the “resurrection of life” when Jesus returns once more. On that glorious day, loved ones and friends who are believers will all be caught up together to meet Christ in the air.

God is planning some wonderful reunions. Children will be returned to their ecstatic parents. Husbands and wives will melt into each other’s arms. All of life’s cruel separations will be swallowed up in a crescendo of reunions rising into the sky. Truly, “Death has been swallowed up in victory” (1 Corinthians 15:54).