you are free

As of yesterday, my grandmother has been in a state of comatose. My heart cries. Cries for my mom. Cries at seeing my grandfather trying to get through to her, this man who has taken care of my grandmother for the past twenty-four years after her stroke. Despite this, he seems to be aware of the decision he will have to make. Death is only the beginning of eternity with Christ. She will dance and be free of the bondages of her paralyzation. How wretched we are, we who have fallen short of God's glory. Who seek things that are evanescent and find such a shallow joy in pleasures that are quick to fade away. I yearn to seek out God and not waste my time on these things. He who sent His one and only Son to save me. It is through His grace that I am saved. It is through His grace that she goes to be with Him eternally.

What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.

But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”

For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

-1 Corinthians 15:50-57