For the longest time that I remember, whenever someone
passed away, everyone would say ‘oh I am so sorry’ or ‘that is really sad to
hear’ or ‘my condolences’. Why are we sorry? Why are we sad and why do we give sympathy
to the deceased family?
Almost every one of us believes in God and the afterlife. We
all know we have to die in order to meet God. We say we believe in God and we
worship God. We ask God for help, we pray to Him – so then why are we so sad
when someone finally gets to go and be with God?
Yes, it is scary that we have not done our best in this
world and our time gets over. Or are we spending our time dilly dallying,
ignoring our purpose for being here – temporarily – and finally when the due
date comes, we are caught completely by surprise?
Like many on earth, I too have my questions – so many why’s
that I don’t understand. The evilness, the lies, the abuse, the cruelty. How
can man, few men or many men be created in such an ugly way? If not created,
how do we become so? The world and its inhabitants are still a mystery to me
which as I move on, I hope to understand piece by piece.
Yet, I do know the end result – death. The shedding of this
body that will slowly die or suddenly be cut off. Beyond death though, awaits the
‘person’ we claim we love more than our parents, our children and ourselves.
Knowing this, why do we not celebrate death?
Why do we not say “Oh wow! He finally gets to meet God”, “Oh
such a good man, I am sure God must be happy to see him. I bet he got a great
appraisal for all his work on earth” or “Yes, we should certainly celebrate her
life. What an amazing person and she can now rest in peace until the day of Judgment
when God gives her eternal gift – I wonder which heaven she will be in?”
When I die, which is strange just typing out the words
because it brings back a flood of images – may be at 55 or 65 or 75 or what if
95! Or what if now? Which is scary because I am not prepared for death at all?
I have no will and a beautiful child who I know without me will be loved and
brought up just fine and whatever little I have anyways is not a big deal to
fret over in making a will so now that I think of it, I think things will be
just fine were I to leave this world and go meet God. He is after all the provider
and I know that He will take care of all the people I leave behind.
In that case, I just realized that I am ready for death. I
am ready to meet my God. I know I will not get the best appraisal but I do know
that God will simply chuckle at me and say ‘You! You are just so sillyly
adorable. There is no appraisal for you – go directly to X heaven, you will
have your big screen where you can see your family every time. Wait for a few
months as they are grieving and you will simply end up being anxious over their
state. After that, watch them smile and live their life – until they join you”
And time will pass by fast and soon my loved ones on earth
will be with me in heaven as well... and every day will be a party... with God!
J
