Thursday, December 15, 2016
Dear family and friends, I hope to find you gradually recuperating from your loss. Although this period of time is very difficult, you can truthfully look into the future and find hope. This hope consists of the resurrection and reuniting with our loved ones, promised by God (Acts 24:15). And we can look to a brighter future that will last forever: "With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:3,4). With faith, time will quickly pass and this promise will soon be here.