I did not know him, but upon suffering loss through the deaths of friends or relatives, I am often comforted by two thoughts. Jesus spoke of his going before us to prepare a place for us. I believe that everyone does something similar after they die. I never went anywhere that someone had not gone ahead and squared things away for me in one manner or another. Second, while the earthly circle may have grown smaller, the celestial realm has increased again, and they both remain intact. There's an old song about it:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
There are loved ones in the glory
Whose dear forms you often miss.
When you close your earthly story,
Will you join them in their bliss?
Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, by and by?
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?
In the joyous days of childhood
Oft they told of wondrous love
Pointed to the dying Saviour;
Now they dwell with Him above.
You remember songs of heaven
Which you sang with childish voice.
Do you love the hymns they taught you,
Or are songs of earth your choice?
You can picture happy gath'rings
Round the fireside long ago,
And you think of tearful partings
When they left you here below.
One by one their seats were emptied.
One by one they went away.
Now the family is parted.
Will it be complete one day?
Sorry for everyone's loss.
RIP
