We Weren't Made For Death

Death always shocks us. Have you ever wondered why?

I mean logically we should expect it. We shouldn't be surprised. We shouldn't wonder why. Because death is as normal in our world as the sun rising and spring coming. We complain about taking people/life for granted...not realizing how fragile it is until it breaks. But why does something so normal and inevitable seem so out of place?

It's because we weren't created for death. We were made for life, abundant life.

We go on living taking for granted the fragile state of our physical existence because it is in our TRUE nature to live eternally without fear of death wrecking our lives. Death seems so shocking and awful because it is as shocking to our system as a fish out of water. Something inside us knows that this was never supposed to be.

Death is a virus. It's a foreign invader. It's contrary to our whole self, and actually, it's contrary to our natural world as well. We are all a disaster away from living every day in survival mode. And we scold each other for not realizing that until it happens. But we take it for granted because we are not naturally inclined to think about death or entertain death. We were meant to live.

There's truth in that unexpected pain that death rushes us with. "We weren't made for this." "Why did this happen? It shouldn't have happened!"

That's right, it shouldn't have. There's hope. Life is waiting to reign fully again. And it will happen. We will be fully alive again. And everything we've lost will be found in Christ. It's already found, actually. And it's on the way.

"Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26