‘Til we meet again

We’re in the final stages of leaving now so that involves a lot of saying good bye to various people. We had our last Sunday at our church this weekend and in the afternoon we put on a bit of a concert for our friends and family. At one point during the day I was talking to some more senior members of the church and one thing they said, “well I guess we might not see you again” meaning if and when we return they might no longer be living. The wife quickly corrected herself saying, but of course we will see each other again.

What a wonderful hope we have, it makes me wonder whether we truly live with the hope or do we at times slip into “grieving like the heathen”. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 And I mean that no just in the sense of people dying but also in our attitude towards the things of this world.