Death For The Christian Is Turning Off The Light Because The Dawn Has Come!

I was reading on-line how thousands mourned with Bishop Marvin Sapp Thursday....During a four hour memorial service for his dear wife MaLinda Sapp who died of cancer....Death have  always causes me to reflect on my own life.

Did  you know how we live in however many days we’re given matters?Do you ever think of what people might say about you at your funeral? What kind of eulogy might you be given?Have you ever meet people who deny death and refuses to face it?...Why are some people reluctant to attend funerals? Why is it hard for some people to understand that death is part of life?Did you know at funerals we come face-to-face with the meaning of life? Do you know that   funerals  are  a place of  reflects?  Do you know that funerals are a occasion to prepare for the day when we too will depart and stand before God?Do you know that funerals give us all a reality check? Ecclesiastes 7:1-4- 8.Sums it up perfectly:

"A good reputation is more valuable than the most expensive perfume. In the same way, the day you die is better than the day you are born. It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time. Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us. The heart of the wise is the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. A wise person thinks much about death, while the fool thinks only about having a good time now...Finishing is better than starting."

The Bible says that there is value in suffering and sorrow....We learn more from difficult times than happy times....If we view death with the eyes of faith, we see that death is the best of all possible events…because this life is a mere rehearsal for the life to come....For the saved person the day of our departure is better than the day of our birth.
Did you know that Winston Churchill designed his own funeral? Which  took place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. At his direction, at the close of the service, a bugler positioned high in the dome sounded “Taps”: “Day is done, gone the sun”…but then immediately after another bugler sounded “Reveille”: “It’s time to get up in the morning!” This was Churchill’s testimony that at the end of our lives, the last note will not be “Taps” but “Reveille”! .Death for the Christian is turning off the light because the dawn has come.