Quote of the Day

We don't envy the people that we love. 

Don Lambert

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The notion of soul sleep has become popular in some pockets of religion.  This idea builds on the biblical use of the term sleep as a euphemism for death.  It teaches that at death the departed souls of the saints remain in a kind of suspended animation, unconscious and unaware of the passing of time until the great resurrection….However, the New testament knows nothing of soul sleep.  As we have clearly seen.  Paul described the intermediate state as better than this life inasmuch as we move to the immediate presence of Christ.  It is difficult to imagine how that state could be better than that which we enjoy now if remained unconscious in the presence of Christ.

R. C. Sproul

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Thomas(Stonewall) Jackson's first wife died in childbirth(the child died as well).  In a letter to his aunt at the time he writes:  "I frequently go to the dearest of earth's spots, the grave of her who was so pure and lovely -  but she is not there.  When I stand over the grave, I do not fancy that she is thus conlined, but I think of her as having a glorified existence."  For a long time he visited her grave daily…In one of his note-books appears the following entry, showing his desire to profit by his great sorrow:  "Objects to be effected by Ellie's death:  To eradicate ambition; to eradicate resentment; to produce humility.  If you desire to be more heavenly-minded, think more of the things of heaven, and less of the things of earth.