Mom died unsaved & I'm losing faith
Q: My mom passed away in her sleep yesterday. She was only 61 and as of right now we don't know why? She never confessed Christ as Lord and I'm having trouble trusting God. The thought of my mother being eternally separated from God is something my mind can't cope with. It hurts more deeply than anything I've ever felt. A: My heart go out to you in this time of deep grief and sorrowful suffering. It reminds me of Lazarus death in John 11:32-36: "When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled....Jesus wept." Jesus, the God-Man, our Savior also in his humanity and surely as God, was grieved, and was a man of sorrows too, much more than we can fathom. He's experienced loss as well, and he can comfort us in times like this. And it is in times like this we need to lean on Him, and stay close to Him in the Scriptures, and by other believers conforting and reminding you of his goodnes...