Comfort

I have always found it somewhat comforting to attend a wake or viewing of members of my church who truly understand the Plan of Happiness. One of my wife's leaders from her country, in fact he was the leader to whom she reported her mission, died this past week and we, my wife and I, attended the viewing last night. There was a spirit of peace and hope there. I have been to other wakes where the desperation, despair and hopelessness were palpable. I just want to hug them and help them understand that there is a plan, there is a God and that there is hope of a brighter tomorrow and that, if we have either taken care of the sealing ordinances here or have someone take care of them for us, we can be together forever. It doesn't end here. We "died" from our pre-mortal existence to come here and we die here to continue our progress prior to our resurrection to "go no more out". We feel the pain of loss of our companionship with the person who has passed on but there is, in my mind, a peace and a sure knowledge that we will be together and just as we have excited parents to greet us as we are born here, we have others equally ecstatic to greet us on the other side and to show us around. I am excited for that day but I do so enjoy my time here. I don't want my time here shortened in any way but I do not fear what awaits me (as long as I have finished repenting) or who awaits me on the other side. I look forward to getting to know my dad and mother in law much better. In that, there is comfort.