Dearest Tonya, Please accept my condolences on the passing of your
grandmother. I know how hard it must be for you as I lost an uncle just a few
weeks back. Knowing that he was a Christian made his death much easier to
bear because I know that he is not in my past, but he is in my future. I have
never been married nor have I any children, however if I were to speak to a
child about death I would have to be truthful and tell them exactly what The
Bible says:" to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord". The
Lord breaths the breath of life into each one of us, and when our days on
this earth are done, our breath returns to The Lord. Personally I feel that
that is a great way to get a child interested in reading The Bible so they
can know just where man came from, and man's destination when life on earth
is through. To myself and many Christians the word Bible means Basic
Instructions Before Leaving Earth. "If we take time to bring up a child in
the way he should go, when he gets old he will never depart from it. That
quotation is found in the book of Proverbs." Please forgive me for not
keeping in touch, but I always pray for everyone on this site. I am trying to
get ready for a couple of surguries that I have to have, and I have been
praying that The Lord will give me strength because I have been in bed for
the last week in severe pain and honestly I really don't want to go through
more surgury even though I need it. I am not afraid of surgury, I am just in
too much pain to have to deal with it right now, but that is something that I
will have to deal with. But back to you, I am very sorry that you are going
through emotional pain and I will keep you in my prayers. You know, it also
says in The Bible that God takes persons from this earth to keep them from
the trouble that is to come. Possibly God took your grandmother because if
she were to continue living, she might have had to live the rest of her life
in more pain than her mind could handle. I really wish that I had all of the
answers, but we will know why, when we get to Heaven. In closing, I would
like to send you the Priestly Blessing found in The Book of Numbers, Chapter
:24 to 26 which says: May The Lord Bless Thee and Keep Thee: The Lord make
His Face to Shine upon Thee;and Be Gracious unto Thee;The Lord Lift up His
Countenance upon Thee, and Give Thee Peace." May God Bless You
Always.................Dave