August Newsletter - The Death of a Brother
Sunday July 29, 2018
Greetings to you through the mighty name of Jesus Christ, i pray that this message iam sharing will encourage, heal any wound, and bind every pain to whoever is passing through a time of sorrow and those struggling to deal with the loss of their beloved
ones, i truly have become to agree and believe that times like this when we are hurting, we tend to ask questions to God and seeking answers, at times we feel that God is far away from us, others condemn our selves for the fate that took the life of another, each one of us has away to deal with pain diferently, When David sorrowed, he prayed this in Psalm 119.28 “My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
There have been times when we are in deep pain for the loss of our beloved ones and you could feel this scripture would apply to you that says in Philippians 1:23-24 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.
On this same scripture above i would wish to share with you one of the most difficult days and moments that shook my faith, that tested by belief in this journey of salvation and got me feel hard Pressed between the two i have shared. some have known my testimony of how i received my Lord and saviour and started a course i never thought i could take in my life. i became a living epistle of the Gospel because my life depended on the word, then after sometime i began to see the light of Gods word shining in my family and the rest recieved Christ, i was rejected, and i faced a lot in my early years of salvation, my experiences later built faith and established me in the word.
My brother Henry gave his life to the Lord and later we began to travel together preaching the Gospel, he was a friend, my desciple in whom i was pleased and my little brother as well. Life began to change as we grew in the knowledge of the word and the amazing Grace of Jesus Christ. A month ago my brother and mother were involved in a hit and run accident and as i share this with you i vividly remember all the events that sorrounded that day, from the moment a call was made to me to break the news and all that followed, i rushed to the hospital where two of my favourite people had been admitted and i couldnt hold my tears, i was numb, i was shaking and i failed to find the appropriate word to say at that time. it was horrific that i couldnt know who was to die and who was to live, i looked at the two bodies that were as though lifeless covered with blood, after some long time my mother recovered and my brother failed to recover and his situation shifted from bad to worse, i panicked, i sought comfort, i tried within my self to place this situation into Gods hands, i thought i dont need anybody an that i can do anything within my means to change the situation but i was wrong.
This experience is indiscribable because after several weeks, henry was put on life support, theres nothing the Doctors could do to improve his life, theres nothing we could do, only now to trust God for his will to be done. Later on after a few days the Lord recieved him Home in Heaven.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 New International Version (NIV)
13 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. 14 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. 15 According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
The scriptures encouraged me to belive and understand that although the situations get uglier in such times but we have hope that the years we will live with our beloved ones i heaven is much more than the years we lived with them on earth knowing that we will meet them again. This message is dedicated to all those that have lost their beloved ones, be encouraged and let us all live knowing that someday we will go back home to our creator, how best you prepare your life on earth for eternity is important.
i take this moment of Gratitude to thank PHH for the love support and financial assistance they rendered to cover hospital bills and the final preparation ground for the resting of my Brother. Thank you pastor Steve and on behalf of my family we are indeed grateful in many indescribable ways.