Till we meet again

This is a back-dated post which I kept in my phone until now.

"For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." ~ 1 Corinthians 15:22

This worse kept going through my mind when I was on the bus returning from the crematorium. Perhaps because it is one of my favourite pieces in Handel's Messiah, but because the truth and reassurance that there is life after death through Christ comforts me. A friend asked me, "After all this has happened, do you still believe there is a God?"

I think this is a question that a lot of people have on their minds, one which challenges Christians to respond, maybe one which 'justifies' people's disbelief in Christianity. And though I believe one must broach some theology in response to this question, I doubt it is the most appropriate response at a time when one is in grief.

For God is love, and through this all, I have seen love. Love from her parents and brothers, friends, classmates, even people who hardly know her, but were willing to pray for her, to come together to do something for her. I may never know why God allowed her to go through such suffering. But what I do know is that I saw love. I saw God in His glory through these circumstances. Detractors who think that God is narcissistic and sadistic know only half the story. They don't know that in the advent of the new heaven and earth, my dear friend, with all the believers before and after her, will share this glory with Christ. Not to mention that God, the creator, being love, deserves all this glory, for the truth that He is God in the first place.

I wept, more because I felt the grief and sorrow of her loved ones. Because I lost someone who loved me dearly. Even though our time together as classmates, as friends, was short, you have touched me with your love. I saw Christ living in you.

Why would someone cling onto something so dearly if it were merely a farce? One might say many cling on to ideologies to their deaths. There can only be 2 conclusion: One being that a person can be so crazy, deluded and mistaken; Second being it is the truth. I believe that every person who comes to the Lord has to examine the evidence and truth by himself. But this fact in itself should be worth anyone's time and attention exploring, why millions in the world hold on so tightly to this person called Jesus, even in suffering.

Thank you for your friendship, company, laughter and everything you've ever done for me.
Thank you for loving me.

Till we meet again. (: