Christian Bereavement Messages

[Servant of Jesus]

Does anyone know of any good Christian messages of condolence that one can send to a friend (not necessarily a Christian) who has had a loved one pass away? Ideally, verses from scripture would be best, but any words of comfort that speak to our faith would suffice.

 

[Sheila Joyce Gibbs]

Lost my beloved best-friend/husband 19+ mos ago. I've been sending & receiving a number of lovely ones, and would love to share with you.

I've just discovered that I cannot give you my e-mail address on here,
therefore, I'll attempt to send my poems to 'Christian Forums' for redirection to yourself. Hopefully it will work.

God Bless.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
Sheila Joyce Gibbs
/sjg

 

[Servant of Jesus]

Welcome to Christian Forums! May your contributions here continue to uphold our faith and encourage others to come to know Jesus!

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This has been a bad week- one old friend died of cancer, a really dear friend's mom died, and several people I interact with in the technical field were just killed in a plane crash.

 

[much forgiven]

A good friend of mine and many others went to be with the Lord in January. She was a worship leader also in a local fellowship out here. Her heart's desire was to lead people into the presence of God through her music and song....her life. I sent the following to some friends of mine who know Ana hoping that they too would be encouraged like I was when the Holy Spirit gave this to me. It truly was a breakthrough in my understanding. I post it here in hopes of the same for anyone who will read this. Feel free to paste and copy if you think it would encourage anyone else who is grieving. The following is what I sent to my friends:

"Hey guys...........I was on myspace and thought about whether Ana's myspace was still up so I went to it. Sure enough there it was and some family members had written on it since Ana's passing. I know Kelly's son Derrick's myspace is still up and when people just want to connect, they leave a comment. So here I was on Ana's and I thought, hmmm, what do I really want to say to Ana? I began to write and I was blown away how God used it to unlock something in my heart. I was filled with the presence of God and Ana's presence within God when the Lord revealed to me how to find her.......what I wrote was really the Holy Spirit's teaching and revelation to me, it was the first time I understood it as I was writing it. I was immediately overwhelmed with tears when I received the revelation because I realized I had found her......she wasn't just out there in the great cloud of witnesses which I understood in my head but couldn't seem to really grasp in reality. I really did find her.....read below and you will know what I mean, I copied below what I wrote on Ana's myspace. I really just wanted to share all this with you guys.


(posted on myspace)
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif] " Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh ; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh ; yet now we know Him in this way no longer." IICor . 5:16 Well Ana this verse is certainly being worked in me because I am being forced to know you now purely in the spirit.....I am thankful I have that in Christ with you...He makes all things beautiful! I wonder what songs you are creating now? .......I cherish the fellowship I have with you right now even though it is harder to obtain. The natural is so much easier, but since you have shed the natural, and I still want to fellowship with you, I am being challenged in my spirit to find you in Christ to still have fellowship with you..........and there you are!........right where you have always been.......in my heart! I love you Ana, talk to you soon, heart to heart .... (end of myspace post)

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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]( I realized after getting this revelation today that truly......if Jesus lives in me.....and I know Jesus has a body......and those of us in Christ are His body.......then surely His body lives in me too.........that is where Ana is......not limited just in me, just like Jesus is not limited just in me, but by His Spirit He lives in me and by His Spirit Ana lives in me too.....in my heart......not my head, but my heart. I surely can fellowship with her anytime I want to, just like I do with Jesus. Communion......"do this in remembrance of Me" Jesus said. "and when He had given thanks He broke it (the bread) and said, 'Take eat, this is My body, which is for you, do this in remembrance of me'. In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." ICor.11:24-25. This is My body, which is for you, Jesus said......His body is for us. Remembering Ana......and fellowshipping with her in my spirit through Jesus Who dwells in my heart......is remembering Jesus.......He and Ana cannot be separated, they are one and we are one in Him. We have the same fellowship with Ana that we do with Jesus......right now, always! Hallelujah! It is like Ana was beckoning me to find her so that I could continue to fellowship with her......is that not what Jesus is doing with us also? Kind of sounds like she is one with Him......being like He is. I truly am blown away and overwhelmed nicely by the hugeness and intricacy of His goodness and His love! I literally am feeling His love expanding within my heart, it feels like my heart is about to burst............)
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