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Dear Friend,

I am truly sorry for your loss. If you are reading this letter because a precious loved one has died, you have my prayers and empathy. You miss your loved one who is no longer with you. You want to know where or how he or she is. The pain of his or her physical absence seems like it is too much to bear, sometimes.

My name is Dave Pipitone. I know that missing a loved one after death can be a difficult time. When friends and family die, there is a void - an empty feeling that is hard to fill. After pondering the loss of loved ones and thinking about what will happen when close ones die, I discovered something I would like to share with you.

Grief is much easier to deal with when you have a faith-filled hope that a deceased loved one is connected to God and you in a relationship that may have changed, but has not ended.

What We Don't Know About Life Beyond Death and How You Can Create a Different Understanding.

Many aspects of modern society have programmed people to think that death is the end of everything. Many people are afraid - that everything is unraveling when their loved one dies.

One of the most troubling thoughts that many people have is when they ask "When is my loved one coming home?" and then they think that their loved one is gone away for good and will never come home again. Many times we just don't know how to realize that they are home -- home with God. And that someday we hope to join them.

The truth is that death is a doorway into a new home, an entrance to new way of living life with God and you. Just like when our loved ones are at home with us and spend time in our living room. In God's house, our deceased loved ones are in God's living room. Still living, just in a different place and in a different way.

Just like when we are born. We leave the dark and dim home of our mother's womb to discover a new home in a brighter, wider world. A new way to live. So we believe that there is a brighter and wider home beyond death - a new way and place to live after we die.

The Christian hope is in Jesus Christ, who rose after death and gives eternal life to those who believe in Him. Jesus promised that he would go ahead to prepare a new home for those who follow Him. Jesus' promise is hundreds of years old.

It's Not Your Fault

There are millions of people who are afraid of what might happen to them and what has happened to those who are no longer physically present to them. The pain of loss can be staggering. A person may experience a wide range of intense emotions, ranging from shock to anger to sadness, depression, frustration and disappointment.

Often, it is easy to feel guilty when a loved one dies. People ask, "Why him?" or "Why her?" and "Why not me?" There is no easy or obvious answer to the mystery of when and where someone dies. But it is not your fault that a loved one has died and you did not.

It is so easy to cry long and often and to think that life does not matter anymore. Remember, those feelings are not your fault. It is natural to experience this.

This is where we need to take control of our thinking and realize that new life is a reality that goes far beyond the threat of death. When I realized this, my life and understanding took on a whole new meaning.

Start with the Tapestry of Life. It Includes Dark and Light Stitches

When my wife and I were married, the priest gave a homily on our wedding day. He taught us that we were weaving the tapestry of life with God.

Every day is a new stitch. Every dark time and every bright time are the stitches woven into a lifetime: creating a beautiful portrait of love with God and each other.

There are many different colors of yarn in the tapestry. There are some times in life where the dark thread is stitched day after day – those periods when sad and difficult times when someone we love gets sick and their body dies.

Times of happiness and joy are bright patches. Like when we had our first child after many years of marriage. When we celebrated being together. Simple things like holding hands, giving and receiving cards, flowers and gifts. Being with each other as best friends.

Look at the beautiful picture on the front of any good tapestry. What do you see? The colors blend perfectly and all of the threads are neat and in place. Everything is perfect on the outside, right?

This is true of the friendship you have with your deceased loved one. Many good times. Some trying times. Still a tapestry of beautiful moments, days and years. But it isn't always easy…

What is Behind the Stitches?

Until you look at the back of the tapestry and see threads crossing every which way, tied off, broken. Behind the scenes, you see all the work that went into making that beautiful picture.

The trust of each other when things seem to go wrong.
The belief that you have in a loved one who makes mistakes.
The hope you have in your loved one to grow and become better during life.
The love that you have for your precious friend when times get tough.

That is your relationship. It hasn't happened overnight. It takes time to grow in love, faith and hope. And it doesn't end after death. No, as hard as it may seem right now, it gets better. Your loved one is at home. The tapestry of their human life is finished and hanging in the living room of God's house. A marvelous life that is now celebrated forever.

There is a lot of work behind the scenes that only you and God see to make your lovely picture of togetherness. It takes a new way to look at death and remember that God is the unbreakable strand in all of life. What is that new way to opens your mind to see and your heart to remember?

Prayer.

Why Is it So Hard to Pray When a Loved One Dies?

Why do most Christian people who live together for many days or years, enjoy each other, eat and play together, have a hard time praying for their deceased loved ones? We made a list of the most common reasons why prayer can seem to be so difficult. How many of these apply to you?

Take the following test. Check off the answers that give you the most problems when you want to pray about the loss of your loved one and feel stuck:

You don't have the right words.

You're angry at God about the death of your loved one.

You're not sure what your deceased loved one will think of you

You don't know what to say or ask God.

You don't know how to explain what prayer will do for you.

You don't know how share a simple, common understanding about what new life with God means.

You don't know what God wants to do for you and your deceased loved ones.

You aren't sure that God even knows or cares about you.

How did you do? Did you check off the statements that you find true? If you didn't check any boxes, you are amazing; we are so very blessed and happy for you.

If you struggle with any of these reasons, we have a very easy solution to help you pray in a simple and effective way. But before we show you that, I want to show you something.

A Tapestry of Hope in Our Home

In 1984, my wife and I moved to the Chicago, Illinois area when I found a job after being out of work for more than a year. My wife loved rainbows and penguins, collecting lots of stuffed penguins, pictures, T-shirts and clothes with rainbows on them.

One day in the fall of 1985, we visited a nursery and crafts store and I saw this magnificent long-stitch tapestry. It was a picture of penguins walking through a rainbow. I thought to myself, "Won't this make a great Christmas gift for my wife?" So I went back later and bought the package. I was going to give my wife a big surprise for Christmas.

But... I was the one that got the surprise! Right away! I learned that I had to stitch every thread and follow the pattern to create the tapestry. The package was a kit with a canvas, lots of threads and a pattern to follow. It was not a picture I could frame and hang on the wall. I actually had to stitch it myself.

Now, I am not very skilled at stitching. That may have come natural to many people but not to me. My grandma stitched many sweaters, footies and afghans. But I did not get that gift passed on to me. If you ever saw me thread a needle, you'd think I had ten left thumbs.

I kept stitching into the wrong place. I would have to retrace the threads and unstitch the wrong stitches. There were more than 6,000 stitches to complete in this tapestry. It seemed like it was taking forever.

And I had to hide what I was doing, too. I could not stitch at home in our apartment without my wife seeing what I was doing. That would ruin the surprise. I needed a different place to stitch.

That meant I would have to do the stitching somewhere else. And during lunch at work seemed to be the best time. I had to sit in the corner in my office so no one would see me, a man, doing a longstitch. I hid the canvas behind a shelving unit so others wouldn't find it. I almost gave up.

But I made the commitment to please my wife and I wanted to see the happiness on her face when she opened the present. So I kept going. It took a lot of time and a lot of stitches. I gathered momentum, got past the half-way mark, became better at stitching and I finally finished the last stitch on Christmas Eve, in time to wrap it up and give it to my wife.