A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
There is a time to weep and a time to mourn. Grief has its place in God’s world, and it is not a failure of faith.
John 14:1-3
John 14:1-3
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Jesus comforts His friends before leaving: there is a place prepared for you, and He will come again to take you to Himself.
KJVJohn 14:1-3 in context
1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Written by Jesus’ close friend so that readers would believe and have life in His name.
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