![]() Share the love of Jesus with them, even if they are not a Christian - especially if they are not a Christian! Give them words of hope. Keep in mind that a brief note is fine, no need to put too many words into it. Other Suggestions for CondolencesĪ note or card of condolence can be just what someone needs during their time of grief. Matthew 5:4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.Ģ Corinthians 1:3–4 B lessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. ![]() Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Psalm 94:19 When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I Psalm 61:2 from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Psalm 10:17 O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted you will strengthen their heart you will incline your ear Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains.Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear, just know that you are very close in every thought and prayer.As you comprehend this profound loss, let yourself cry knowing each tear is a note of love rising to the heavens.And you should always know, wherever you may go, no matter where you are, I will never be far away.May the love of those around you help you through the days ahead.Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather, openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.Whom the heart of man shuts out, sometimes the heart of God takes in, and fences them all round about, with silence ‘mid the world’s loud din.For this is written on your heart, ‘We love Him because He first loved us.’” ~ Charles Spurgeon Sayings for Cards and Notes “Go forth today, by the help of God’s Spirit, vowing and declaring that in life – come poverty, come wealth, in death – come pain or come what may, you are and ever must be the Lord’s. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ beholds them, overcomes sin, defies Satan, dissolves perplexities, lifts us above trials, separates us from the world and conquers fear of death. “We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” ~Thomas Campbell ![]() ![]() Death cannot kill what never dies.” ~ William Penn ![]() “They say love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. “And with the morn those angel faces smile which I have loved long since and lost awhile.” ~ John Henry Newman Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain, and memory, like a drop that, night and day, falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!” ~ Thomas Moore “With what a deep devotedness of woe I wept thy absence – o’er and o’er again. “A human life is a story told by God.” ~ Hans Christian Andersen Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I ![]()
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