'When we must creep out of the bosom
When we must creep out of the bosom of human affection
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me!" Psalm 23:4
The loneliest of all human experiences, is that of dying . Human love cannot go beyond the edge of the valley .
But we need not be alone even in that deepest of all loneliness, for if we are Christ's we can say, "Yet I am not alone, because my Savior is with me!"
When the human hands unclasp our hands — He will clasp them the more firmly.
When beloved human faces fade out — His will shine above us in all its glorious brightness. When we must creep out of the bosom of human affection — it will be only into the clasp of the everlasting arms, into the bosom of Christ! Death's loneliness will thus be filled with Divine companionship.
"I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far!" Philippians 1:23