We may be born to die, but we were created to live.

This is a recent blog post written by the wife of Michael Spencer, an American blogger/writer/preacher who died earlier this year. In it she explores how the death of her husband was not good, it was not peaceful and ultimately it was not supposed to happen. Her belief in the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection obviously give context and comfort to her grief, but they do not take it away, life was not supposed to be like this, death was not the original plan. When Jesus faces the death of his friend in John 11 he knows that in a few moments he will raise his friend back to life and yet, he still weeps. He is still affected by grief because he sees first hand what sin has done to the world he made and loves.

I'd encourage you to read the whole article here.