I remember a godly woman once telling me she attended a memorial for a godly friend of hers. The deceased person had a son who had not spoken to or seen his mother in 40 years.
It was at that memorial that the son showed up with deep sadness and bereft countenance. When the friend of the deceased approached the son to convey her sorrow at his loss, the son said to her this: "In all my years I don't remember doing anything for my mother, not one thing."
He probably always thought some day he would go and see her again but just never bothered because his life was full of himself and his own desires. Now that his mother was dead there was no way to get the time back or even speak his regrets to her.
As a godly woman the deceased one felt only joy and great glory having passed into eternity to be with Jesus. But the son lived out the rest of his life with deep regret not knowing where he was going, wondering if he would ever be able to express to his mother his changed heart.
The ungodly do realize at times their loss but it does not save them and they are left with no comfort.
As an ungodly unsaved man this son did not have the hope that anything would be made right again. His sorrow was greater than that of his dead mother. She had no regret, her hopes and dreams were fulfilled forever.
The son's thoughts might have been: "if only I had picked up the phone to discuss things and find out the heart of my mother", "If only I had swallowed my pride and just spoke to her one more time." "now it is too late, there is no way to fix the relationship."
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 "13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death , so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.…"
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