Today is National Grief Awareness Day. The Bible acknowledges that grief is a serious part of life that we all must go through eventually. However, Scripture says that those who believe in Jesus grieve differently from the rest of humankind because of the hope we have in the resurrected Jesus. We believe that because he lives, we too can have the assurance of eternal life. We also understand that our loved ones who die in Christ also have this assurance of life everlasting.

Grief is still an extremely difficult process to experience. However, it is not unbearable because of who God is and what he has done through Jesus.

“Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.”—1 Thess.4:13-14.

“Therefore encourage one another with these words.”—1 Thess.4:18.