Rains Keeps Falling After

Hi neildc,

Thank you for shareing it with us, I hope you are ok now, it was same when we buried our mother and now we feel we are ophans.

Tamara

Hi best. That was really memorable enough. I guess, we really have something in common. It happened too on the day of my mom's burial. I heard somebody says that even the heaven is weeping. My mind was really blank at that time. I didn't know what happened next. I know your mom is happy where she is now and she is watching over you. Keep smiling too my dear best. HUGZ!

can't say anything bro. i don't have any idea how she was a mother to you but having to create this for her tells us that she was a great mom. take care.

My condolences for you. I think it is really hard to cope with it especially when you lost one of the person's that you owe your life to. I think it will take some time before you can overcome this grief. Its a natural feeling that too. Just hope that someday this will be over and knowing your mom is now at peace and is resting with our creator this chapter will finally close for you and maybe time for you to move on with life without her.

Hello neildc.
I am so sorry to hear about your mother's passing. It sounds like you were quite brave to say a few words at your mother's services. Also, everyone in your family must have cared very much about your mother to continue their walk in the rain. That is a testament to what you all felt about her.

My thoughts are with you, neildc. Take care.

PearlGrace

Condolence, neil. I guess weather really has something to do with our
emotions in certain times like that. I remember my girlfriend's mother
burial, it happened on a rainy weather but when we are going to the
crematorium, the sun really shined and only after the cremation the
rain started to fall again.

My prayers for your mother.

My condolences to you and your family and I pray you find comfort in the midst of your mourning! It's not easy to lose a love one especially one of the most important members of the family... you mother. The person who loved and understood you more than anyone, the person who sacrificed and took care of you more than anyone... but such is life and we have to accept. Life really is short so we have to cherish every moment of our life.

Well, as the rains kept on pouring during the burial, I would like to believe that it has some positive meaning. It could mean showers of blessings because your mother is in heaven with the Lord where she finds showers of blessings awaiting her. I hope to believe that she is now with the Lord in heaven, where there are no more tears and no more sorrow, no more sickness and no more pain.

As you said keep smiling, life is like that but that is not the end of everything.
Again my Condolences and prayers for your family's comfort. And if you will not mind, I would like to share some thoughts that has relevance on this subject:

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Ref.: http://www.bible.ca/ef/ex...

Eccl. 7:2-4 "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth."

This is a complete reversal from the usual response. It`s better to mourn than to feast? Who would say that? Inspiration did. Why is it better to go to the house of mourning? Solomon gave three answers:

Learn That's Where We're All Going. When we pay a condolence call or visit the grave we are reminded of our own mortality. The funeral is where we are all going to end up. Isaiah told Hezekiah "Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live," (2 Kings 20:1) and sinful Israel was told to "Prepare to meet your God." (Amos 4:12) The fool refuses to deal with eternity. He thinks of the pleasures of this life alone. But the wise man learns the lessons of life and death so the he may prepare in one for the other.

It Makes the Heart Better. To consider life in all its stages, ultimately and invariably culminating in death, gives us a healthy, balanced view of life. Just as a visit to the home of the poor helps us appreciate our wealth and a trip to the bed of the sick makes us appreciate our health, some time spent with the dead or grieving helps us appreciate life. This is not the easiest lesson to learn, but it is a necessary one. When we give sober thought to serious matters it brings good benefits later. "All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness." (Heb. 12:11)

Only Fools Try To Have Pleasure All of the Time. More fun and merriment is not what we need. More soberness is. The fool is interested only in what is currently fair, pleasant, easy, diverting, amusing and fun. He gives no thought to serious things and so never acts seriously. But the wise considers all of life rationally, soberly and seriously. So he pays his respects to the dead and considers their life, his own life and his own death. Thus the condolence call is a necessary and expected duty. It is not some outdated social custom, nor is it to be left only to our parents and other older people. It is not what elders are there for and it is not what preachers are paid for. It is the duty of all who are friends and brethren with those who are infirmed, ill and dying if for no other reason than to know that this is a part of life as well. It is not to be avoided simply because we are squeamish and find it icky. To avoid this duty (and miss out on an opportunity for a sober lesson) is a conscious, willful act of foolishness; and the practitioner of it will always remain the fool for it. The house of feasting may take our minds away from the very thing that we need to think about. We can learn something at the funeral. We are likely just to diverted at the feast and never see our real need.

Consider one final reason why we are to do this: We Are To Follow The Example of Jesus. We all know the "shortest verse in the Bible." Its is Jn. 11:35, "Jesus wept." This little verse teaches us so much about Jesus. Think again to the setting in which "He wept." Jesus came to Bethany to heal Lazarus and met the grieving sisters, Mary and Martha. As He sees their tears, and those of all the mourners present, "He was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled." (Jn. 11:33) Our Savior consoled the family with words of hope and went to the cemetery with them. He then preformed a miracle that comforted them. We must satisfy ourselves with consoling the family with more mundane acts of kindness. But we must go nevertheless.

Jesus went not only the the wedding in Cana of Galilee, He also went to the graveyard in Bethany. Do you?

I'm so sorry for the loss of your mother. I lost mine last July - it will soon be a year since she died. Funerals and rain are such a sad thing. I remember when my great grandmother died, the service was in the chapel. Her casket was up front and a beautiful spray of flowers on top. It was storming like crazy out and so dark outside we all had to have lights on. The minister got up to start his speech and just as he said her name, sunlight came thru the stained glass windows and landed directly on the flowers on her casket. They stayed lit for several seconds. You could hear gasps, even the minister's jaw dropped. After the light went again the minister said - well, we know where she is don't we? It was such a special thing for all of us who loved her.

i'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your mother... i'm also glad to hear that your mother's burial went smoothly and it was a memorable one... i know how sad it is to lose a loved ones... please be strong and keep your faith in Him... take care and have a nice day...

i'm so sorry for your loss. i know the feeling as i have lost my father a year ago. i know life would never be the same again. i pray that God would comfort you and your family, that His presence would be felt by all of you.