Luke 24:1-8. 

Cemeteries aren’t a place most people frequent. If you find yourself visiting one, chances are you’re there to visit a loved one or to celebrate the life of one who has recently passed. I remember a time when my husband had the difficult honor of helping a family lay to rest their daughter, mom, sister, and aunt. One beautiful life, yet she filled so many roles in such a Christlike fashion.

After the service, I watched as those in attendance comforted the family with hugs, sweet words, or with their mere presence. It was a holy moment full of sadness and hope. “We’ll see her later,” I whispered to the heartbroken momma. Her response, “We surely will.”

Sin and death didn’t win that sad day because of what happened in the garden that first Easter morning. What was meant to be a graveyard became a birthplace to eternal life. Death lost that morning for the first time, and it continues to lose every time an individual chooses to follow Christ.

For every Christ-follower who’s laid to rest on earth, there’s another “welcome home” at the pearly gates. Because Christ lives, you and I can whisper, “We’ll see them later.”

Author: Andrea Talley