Good article about how Christian hope can the grieving see that grief and loss are only temporary. This is the nature of Christianity and its view of suffering. It does not seek to escape grief, but embrace knowing that it is only temporary and has merit on this earth
The article, Christian faith creates hope that alters grief, by Very Rev. John D. Payne states,
“An aerial view of Egypt might shed some light on the ancient Egyptian fixation with death. Running the length of Egypt for some 3,400 miles, from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea, is the Nile River. Only about a quarter of a mile on either side of the river is living green.”
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