Death is not finality

When you are one of His, death is not finality. It is the beginning of eternity with Him. It is only the end of physical life with our loved ones, and if you are one of His, you have a future hope to see them again.

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. ... "For we know that if our earthly house, this tent (i.e., physical body), is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ... "For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him." (2 Corinthians 4: 16-17, 5: 1, 7-9)