Buried in Mud & Water under the Earth

Louisville news has been saturated with the story of a cemetery in Madison, IN. Families suffered heartache once again dealing with the death of family members. To their dismay burial plans had not been carried through. Instead of burial in an airtight, vault underground, the deceased were found in water-filled mudholes.

Needless to say, families were shocked and horrified to learn of this present circumstance. Funerals are difficult enough to manage through as families make decisions and undertake the costs of the entire process (if not previously managed). For a husband, mother, son, or daughter to awaken to false handlings of such a delicate situation is disheartening and sorrowful.

The good news is that the grave is not our final resting place. Death is final, but burial is not the end. The local news closed this story by focusing on a tombstone that had etched in Jesus' words, "Come ye all that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest," Matthew 11:28

Whereever one dies, it is not the end. However death comes it is not the end of the body or soul. We long for a much better place and Jesus promises a much better place, but it is not in an airtight catacomb, luxury suite, or any place. Our Rest is be found in Jesus because He is our Rest. Jesus said, "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself that where I am there you may be also."