In The Arms of God

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

September 24, 2025

In The Arms of God

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, Martha?”

John  11:25-26

Martha had been in various settings with Jesus on numerous occasions, and she had come to have great respect and appreciation for his ministry. She affirmed her faith in the final judgment of God and in Jesus: “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God” (John 11:27). Martha’s ‘if only’ statement to Jesus reveals her broken heart. I suspect we all stood in her footsteps when we had to say goodbye to someone we loved. Perhaps that person was one of those very special people for whom their love, we never doubted. It is right for us to weep and to grieve. But we also affirm with Saint Paul; we do not grieve like people who have no hope. (I Thessalonians 4:13)

The person we love may well have had pain here, but there is no pain where they are with Christ. They may have had struggles here, but there are no struggles where they are now. We may well wonder why they died, but they don’t have such wonders, they understand. We may weep and cry, but they are at peace in the presence of their Creator.

My Takeaway: Do you remember this old witticism? When we are born, we come into the world crying, and all those around us are laughing and celebrating. When we die, all those we left behind are weeping and crying, but we are laughing and celebrating. I know it is silly. But it is also true. Hold firm to the One who is our resurrection and life.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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