Bereavement: Resignation In

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  1. David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
  2. But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
  3. While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, …
  4. It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart. …
  5. 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. …