The Heidelberg Catechism asks this question: "What is your only hope in life and death?" The Catechism answer is this: My only hope in life and death is that I belong to my faithful savior, Jesus Christ." I don't think as a child I found that catechism question particularly comforting, but as I am getting older I most definitely do find it comforting.
In my life I have lost to death grandparents; both my parents; a mother in law; a father in law; a dear sister who was younger than me; and two husbands, Wayne in 2011 and Bob in 2024. I do know what it is like to grieve, and I have also experienced the blessing of the comfort that only the Lord can give.
One day I too will join the Christians that have gone before me. As the sweet hymn says, "My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. In Psalm 139 it also says that all the days ordained for me are already written in the Lord God's book. Why would I not seek to love and serve Him every day? Why would I not place my hope and trust in Him?
(On the top picture is pictured Wayne's gravestone. On the botttom is Bob's gravestone.)
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