Sometimes I want to live, and at other times I don’t, for I long to go and be with Christ. How much happier for me than being here!- Philippians 1:23

When you lose someone you love, whether through death or divorce, you suffer. Satan will often torment you with remorseful thoughts of what you did or didn't do when they were with you. In the case of divorce, he puts the boot in extra hard dangling in front of you the betrayal, the thoughts that he/she is now with someone else, giving them what was promised to be only yours! Making you wonder if they ever really loved you at all, or was it all a lie. All the while knowing they are breaking God's heart also and their salvation is threatened, and you might not see them in heaven. They don't call Satan 'the accuser for nothing!'

Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens, “It has happened at last! God’s salvation and the power and the rule, and the authority of his Christ are finally here; for the Accuser of our brothers has been thrown down from heaven onto earth—he accused them day and night before our God.- Revelation 12:10

Don't listen to him! He will attack, when you are at your most vulnerable! If your spouse has betrayed and deserted you PRAY. Remember God heals the broken-hearted and pray for your spouse! If you have lost a loved on to death, rejoice, that your loved one was in right standing with you, that you know that you were loved. If they were in right standing with the Lord then it is not, 'Goodbye forever' it is temporary, and you will be reunited in Heaven. Give yourself permission to grieve, but set a time limit and don't allow yourself to wallow in it forever. When the grieving period ends, stand on God's word.

And now, dear brothers, I want you to know what happens to a Christian when he dies so that when it happens, you will not be full of sorrow, as those are who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and then came back to life again, we can also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him all the Christians who have died.- 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a corruptible body, it is raised an incorruptible body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.- 1 Corinthians 15:42-43 (LSB)

“Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. - John 14:1-3 (LSB)

Lean on these words of Scripture and find comfort, and may the Comforter be with you!

As I write this today, flags have been lowered to half mast all across the USA. Charlie Kirk was a Christian activist who spoke out for truth, justice and peace. He was shot and killed today, he has gone home to heaven, far too soon. Please pray for his friends and family. He leaves a lovely wife and 2 small children, by the time you read this, it will probably be the day of his funeral.