Death Is A Gateway To Eternal Life

DEATH IS A GATEWAY TO
ETERNAL LIFE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



DEATH IS JUST ANOTHER STEP ALONG LIFE'S CHANGING WAY, NO MORE THAN JUST A GATEWAY TO A NEW AND BETTER DAY. AND PARTING FROM OUR LOVED ONES IS MUCH EASIER TO BEAR, WHEN WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE WAITING FOR US TO JOIN THEM THERE. SO DEATH IS JUST A NATURAL THING LIKE THE CLOSING OF A DOOR, AS WE START UPON A JOURNEY TO A NEW AND DISTANT SHORE, AND NONE NEED MAKE THIS JOURNEY UNDIRECTED OR ALONE, FOR GOD PROMISED US SAFE PASSAGE TO THIS VAST AND GREAT UNKNOWN. SO LET YOUR GRIEF BE SOFTENED,
AND YIELD NOT TO DESPAIR, YOU HAVE ONLY PLACED YOUR LOVED ONE IN THE LOVING FATHER'S CARE.





FOR SINCE WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, EVEN SO, THROUGH JESUS, GOD WILL BRING WITH HIM THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.



1 THESSALONIANS 4:14





FOR HE LOVES US WITH UNFAILING LOVE; THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE LORD
ENDURES FOREVER. PRAISE THE LORD!



PSALM 117:2
NLT



THY KINGDOM IS AN EVERLASTING KINGDOM, AND THY DOMINION ENDURES
THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS.



PSALM 145:13
NAS



RESPECT FOR THE LORD IS GOOD;
IT WILL LAST FOREVER.
THE JUDGMENTS OF THE LORD ARE TRUE; THEY ARE COMPLETELY RIGHT.



PSALM 19:9
NCV



[THE LORD OF LORDS] BROUGHT ISRAEL
OUT FROM AMONG THEM, FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER.



PSALM 136:11
NRSV