From Caterpillar to butterfly: ~Solly Osrovech ~

An old proverb says, "What is death to the caterpillar, is a butterfly to God!"
    Compete fulfilment of life comes only by experiencing death. The writer of Hebrews says, Man is destined to die once (9:27). If God has purposed that all should die, there must be something good in God's intention, because God's will for us is only good. Our destination is not death, even though it is the one thing all human beings have in coomen.
     Death, for true believers, only means their promotion to a higher dimension of life. For this reason we need not fear death, not for ourselves nor for those loved ones we have put in the grave. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men (1Cor.15:19) Through the risen Christ we have gained victory over death. For this reason we have the assurance that our lives, as flowers in spring, will break out in full bloom. Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not only in books alone, but in every leaf in the springtime" ~Martin Luther ~
      Death brings to completion the salvation of man. Our initial faith in Jesus Christ frees us from the penalty of sin. Growth and maturity in the Christian life remove us from the poqwer of sin.If we want to experience God's effective comfort in our sorrow, we need to comprehend something of His wonderful purpose. God's omnipotence tames even dreadful Death to be his useful servant for the good of those who love Him. Because we have to pass through death first in order to become the perfected creatures He intended, even death is immeasurable gain.
       Life is a journey, not a home, a road, not a habitat; and what enjoyments and blessings we have are but a little inns on the roadside of life, where we may be refreshed for a moment...so that with new strength we may push on - to the rest that awaits the people of God! ___

For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain ~Phil.1:21 ~