Yesterday, the father of a very dear friend passed away.
And that news stirred something deep within me.
Because I’ve been there.
When my grandmothers died.
When people I loved departed.
When my father was gone.
Death doesn’t give warnings.
It just comes.
And when it does, it breaks the heart into a thousand pieces.
And in that moment, no words can fill the emptiness.
No beautiful phrase can fix the soul.
All that remains… is a silence that hurts.
When someone we love passes away, our heart breaks in ways words cannot mend.
We sit in silence, trying to understand what just happened.
And in the middle of that silence, one truth gently remains:
Death is not the end.
As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we believe in the eternal nature of the soul. We believe that families can be together forever through sacred covenants made in the temple of the Lord. This belief doesn’t erase the pain—but it brings light to the darkness.
✨ A Doctrine of Light and Eternal Love
In Doctrine and Covenants 138, the prophet Joseph F. Smith saw in vision the spirit world. He saw that those who pass away are not gone.
They continue living, learning, and serving on the other side of the veil:
“They were assembled awaiting the advent of the Son of God into the spirit world, to declare their redemption… among the dead” (D&C 138:16).
Our loved ones are not lost.
They are alive in Christ.
They are close, and we will see them again.
President Russell M. Nelson, our living prophet and President of the Church, has lovingly testified:
“Death is a necessary and essential part of God’s plan of happiness. It is a doorway, not a wall.”
And he added:
“Because of the Savior, we can have the assurance that separation from our loved ones is temporary.”
👪 Families Can Be Eternal
In temples around the world, families are sealed for time and all eternity.
These sealings are not poetic symbols—they are real priesthood ordinances made possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
As it says in Doctrine and Covenants 132:19, marriages and families sealed by proper authority will continue beyond the grave.
President Henry B. Eyring once said:
“The only way to have eternal joy is to be in families that are bound together forever by priesthood ordinances.”
This is our faith:
That your father, mother, brother , grandfather, grandmother is not gone forever.
That you will see him again.
That through Christ, death is conquered, and love is preserved eternally.
🌅 Grief Is Real — But So Is the Resurrection
Yes, it hurts.
Even Jesus wept when His friend Lazarus died (John 11:35).
Tears are not weakness—they are part of love.
But we do not mourn without hope.
As Paul taught:
“We do not sorrow as others which have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13).
Because Christ rose, we will all rise (Mosiah 16:7–8).
Because He lives, your father lives too.
And he will rise again, with a perfect body, and a joyful heart.
🕊️ A Final Message of Comfort
My dears friends , I know your heart is heavy.
I know this pain is deep.
But I also know that your beloved relatives is not far,
they are closer than we think -still present, still watching, still loving
This is not goodbye.
This is “see you later.”
And until that day comes, the Savior will walk with you, hold you, and whisper to your heart:
“I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.” (John 11:25)
📖 Scriptures for Peace and Reflection
• D&C 138 – The Spirit World and continued progress
• D&C 132:19 – Eternal families and the sealing power
• Mosiah 16:7–8 – The Resurrection through Christ
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14 – Hope in grief
• John 11:25 – Christ is the Resurrection and the Life
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