Rest in Peace?
They sat around their regular table, another pulled up to it filled with unfamiliar faces. Laughter mixed with earnest expressions . . . one familiar face was missing. Gradually word got back to where I stood at register. That one familiar face is gone. Forever. "At least he's resting in peace now." Those words haunt my heart. Is he? Did he know the Savior? Is he living now in the peace and joy that come from the very presence of God? Or has he entered a forever living death? Condemned because he never accepted the gift of Jesus as Savior? I saw him multiple times a week, wished him a good day, endured his teasing . . . but . . . did he know the hope I have? I don't know. I can't know. But this, I do know . . . one day, friends, we will all face death, and on the other side stand before a righteous GOD . How will He judge? Rightly He would find us all guilty, and send us away to forever torment . . . forever separat...