Condolence: Dear Family and Friends of Maria,

It will soon be a year since Maria died last April 17, 2017. Even so, I know Maria is still loved and will never be forgotten. The passing of time puts a cool bandage on the burning pain of loss, and, … making it through the day, does get easier. Still, the loss hurts, especially when anniversaries come up.

May I tell you about a future day coming when ... all those sleeping, Resting In Peace, will be resurrected to a peaceful, happy life here on a transformed, paradise Earth?

You can welcome back Maria, with hugs and kisses, and your hurt and pain regarding this loss can be replaced with indescribable happiness and tears of joy. Then the scripture at Isaiah 65:17B can be fulfilled for you: "For look, ... the former (painful) things will not be called to mind neither will they come up into the heart." None of the hurts, sorrows or disappointments of life in this system of things will bother us then.

Would you like to know when and how Jehovah God will do such wonderful things for us? The answers are all in the Bible.

Sincerely yours,
Harolyne
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Condolence: Dear Mario, Felix, Felicia-&-Mac, Della-&-Willy, Monica, Tiare, Family and Friends of Maria:

I was saddened to learn of the death of Maria on April 4 2017. Please accept my deepest sympathy at your loss. It is sad to lose a loved one in death at any age, but hopefully at 75 years of age, it can be said of Maria what was said of Isaac at Genesis 25:39 "he died old and satisfied with days."

May I share some verses from the Bible that bring comfort when we suffer the loss of a loved one?

First, it was never our Creator's purpose that anyone should die, ever! When He put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, they had the prospect of endless life, in ageless bodies, in perfect health, on a perfect Earth (Genesis 1:28). Adam and Eve could have passed that life on to us, but they sinned and lost everything for themselves ... and us. (Romans 5:12)

Next, it comforted me and softened my feelings toward Jehovah God to learn that it is Satan who causes imperfection, aging, sicknesses like cancer, and death -- not God (Hebrews 2:14).

Finally, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are our guarantees that this Earth will yet be a peaceful, global paradise and that Maria will be resurrected (and countless millions) to enjoy it! Remember Jesus' words at John 5:28-29a and John 11:25: "I am the resurrection and the life," and "all those in the memorial tombs ... will be resurrected." Until then Maria, Rest In Peace.

May you have comfort and peace from these promises until the day when you can be reunited with a young (Job 33:25) and healthy (Isaiah 33:24) Maria.

With deepest sympathy and genuine respect,
Harolyne Grant
PO Box 11311
Honolulu HI 96828-0311
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