Are you ready for the backhoe’s arrival?

A backhoe was digging a hole and putting the dirt in a small dump truck.
This was not the first hole dug in this field because all around it were markers with a name and dates on it.
They were preparing a place for another body.
A notice that this body was going to be buried here had probably been in the newspaper before.
I am always curious what those announcements have to say.
Many of them refer to what had been accomplished by this individual or, hobbies that were enjoyed.
Loved ones indicate that they will never forget that this person has been a part of their life.
Gratitude is often expressed to caregivers.
Memorial services are held in different places ranging from pubs to churches.
For many this seems to be it, life has ended the body is buried, no further expectations.
Sometimes there are in those announcements references that declare that they went to be with God or in heaven or, with Jesus their Saviour.
Those present at the cemetery can vouch for it that their bodies were buried.
Those deceased ones must have, at one time or another, declared that they knew that although their bodies were going to be buried they were going to be in heaven, which is the same as being with God or Jesus.
They would be invisible, but nevertheless in a real dimension.
How could they be so sure of this?
During their lifetime they had in one form or another answered the question:
“What is your only comfort, in life and death?” with the statement:
“That I belong - body and soul, in life and in death - not to myself but to my faithful Saviour, Jesus Christ, who at the cost of his own blood has fully paid for all my sins and has completely freed me from the dominion of the devil; “That he protects me so well that without the will of my Father in heaven not a hair can fall from my head; indeed that everything must fit his purpose for my salvation.
Therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures me of eternal life.”
When the day comes that the backhoe and the dump truck are in that field to dig another hole, this time for you, do you have this assurance?