Death comes to all. It is a change in our being,
Sometimes slowly, sometimes in a flash,
But never in a way that we can be prepared.
We miss those we lose,
And we fear the day that we, too, will leave the earth.
God, I pray this day that you would fill your people with hope.
Help us to have hope in our future, through the deaths of our loved ones,
Through our own deaths.
Hope in the other side of our lives,
Where we will come to know you
More intimately than we can now.
Help us to live in that hope,
That we might be loving and encouraging to others
Who face their ends,
And the ends of those they love.
Thank you for your promises about our deaths
And our new lives,
And help us to meet you there.
Amen.
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