📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. By comparison to eternal torment though our trials and sufferings can certainly be classified as light afflictions, yet we suffer! And some even to death as like Christ! Some are tortured and martyr'd for their faith, some suffer disabilities, some disease and illness! By reason of the fact that these are but temporary and temporal in nature something more beautiful and glorious awaits!!! Whether afflicted in body, soul or spirit it is all consuming and truly overwhelming, certainly not to be minimized in any way! Christ understanding this constantly exhibited compassion through healings and words of comfort! But let us never stop praying for and against death in any form and continue to strengthen our compassion by our faith in His heart and the leading of the Spirit that occupies our tents in us and with us, until we are lifted! TR Whether in life or in death, we who have hope celebrate! We celebrate being chosen, accepted and loved by God. We celebrate our unending future in His presence and witnessing His glories past, present and future!! TR In the case of the death of a loved one for those who can receive it, that day is transformed into a new birth day! For the dead in Christ are so honored being raised first! TR
