Hope that stands still in the storm..

Today I came back home from a church outreach to news of my aunt's passing. We prayed we spoke God's promises and believed that she was whole from the illness that was inflicting so much pain for, her discharge from the ICU to home was an assurance for me, but today I still come back to the news that she is no more, must have been the irky feeling I constantly had within my spirit. It hurts so much, that she will no longer be with us, that her grand kids who are  on their way will only hear that they once had a grandma, that my cousins will no longer have a mother, God knows how much of a strong pillar she has been in their lives, it hurts that my mother will no longer have her big sister and it also hurts that my grandmother who is old in her age will get to have another of her children buried.
But as much as we are are hurt  I am again reminded of the apostle Paul's encouragement,  and I give thanks and glory to God for the life she livef, her salvation and the work that she did for God while she was still here on earth.and that she is free from her mortal body that only only caused her pain and that now she rests in the arms of our Lord jesus.  For now we can only look forward to seeing her again and we who Ard left behind also rest in that assurance and tihe comfort of the Holy Spirit. 
Rest in Jesus aunt Marjorie xxx