Isaiah 57
“ 1 The righteous perish,
and no one takes it to heart;
the devout are taken away,
and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
to be spared from evil.
2 Those who walk uprightly
enter into peace;
they find rest as they lie in death. “
I shared this verse with some brothers at church once, I’m sure they all didn’t really take it as anything more than me rambling on or trying to exalt myself by acting like I received a revelation from God. Nonetheless, I shared this verse because a brother who I never had the chance to meet, passed away from a heart attack and the entire church was grieving and distressed. I had a difficult time even listening or looking at the sister who had lost her husband because I felt sad for her. Everyone talked about how he had just decided to come back to church, how he realized he needed to turn his heart, back towards God and church. He just bought new suits to wear to church. He was coming back. His heart had turned back towards God. Pastor shared a message with him at his hospital bed from what I recall……….Then God took him away.
I just remember reading this passage and taking comfort in knowing if this brother did indeed turn his heart back to God and accepted the gospel, then he in fact found rest as he lied in death.
God bless.
Brother Jimmy
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