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Thoughts of Comfort \\ \\ I would take nothing away from the grief you feel today.

I would not say to you that everything is all right.

Because it’s not and you know it.

You hurt.

And we know you will hurt for a long time.

God made us so that we can have relationships with one another and when that relationship is lost we feel pain.

You have lost a loved one - and it hurts.

\\ \\ Yet, I would like to speak a word of comfort today.

It comes from John 14:1-6, where it says; \\ \\ Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am there you may be also.

And you know the way I am going.

Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth and the life; no on comes to the Father, but through Me. \\ \\ From this passage of scripture I find three thoughts of comfort.

\\ \\ The first is that peace is promised.

Notice the words “Let not you heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me”.

Yes, I know that today is a day of sadness - a day of grief, a day of mourning, yet even in the midst of this you can have peace.

Why?

Because we have faith - we believe.

We believe that even in the midst of the storm - even in the valley of the shadow of death there can be a peace that pass all understanding - because we know that God is with us.

The 23rd Psalm says that too, doesn’t it.

“Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.”

He is here.

He is present.

Believe in Him - Trust in Him and God will grant you his perfect peace.

\\ \\ The second thought of comfort is that God has prepared a place for us.

Did you notice that in John 14, it says; “I go to prepare a place for you.”

The Bible tells us that in six days God created the heavens the earth,but just think, Jesus has been preparing a place for us for two thousand years.

What a place that must be.

The verse tells us that it is The Father’s house and that there are many rooms.

A room for _____, a room for you - a room for me.

Isn’t that a comforting thought?

God has prepared a place for us.

\\ \\ The next thought of comfort is that God has prepared a way for us to get there.

Everyone wants to go to heaven, some just don’t know the way.

But Jesus tells us in John 14 that, “I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life; no one comes to the Father, but by me.”

We are all travelers on a road called life.

There are many detours and many side streets.

We don’t need to be confused - we don’t need to be lost.

All we need to do is follow Jesus.

He will show us the way - in fact He is the way.

He will lead us and He will guide us.

That’s comforting.