| There’s Color Even In Death Spring is my favorite time of year because everything shows signs of life and color again. Winter is so colorless and lifeless. But it’s all part of the circle of life. I lost my mom in the Spring of 2024. We were very close. I had taken care of both my parents for ten years. I asked God why she had to pass during Spring when everything came back to life. He led me to Isaiah 40:7-8, The grass dries up, the flowers wither when the wind sent by the LORD blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass. The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable. This verse may sound like hyperbole but it’s not. God has determined the number of our days and He holds them in His hand. Psalm 139:16 (NET) puts it this way, Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence. We cannot live one day longer or shorter than God has already ordered for us. So, where is the color in death? During the Fall season, life begins to recede from plant life. As the life fades, fantastical colors emerge, almost like a promise of the life that will return in Spring. The colors are amazing in the Fall. Death is not final as we have been told too often. There is life after death in either Heaven or Hell. We have to make our choices before we die. Accept Jesus’ free offer of forgiveness and salvation resulting in Heaven, or reject that offer and instead choose an afterlife of eternal torment. My Mom chose Jesus, I will see her again in Heaven. That’s where the true color is. We cannot even imagine the fantasticalness of Heaven. There are colors we have never seen and beauty beyond what we can imagine. I wouldn’t choose to bring my mother or father back to this world for a second, but I can look forward to seeing Jesus as they do now. There is color and hope, even in death. For now, we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 *Artwork by Akeana Kramarik |
