re: Today was the funeral for my youngest son

"All things happen for the good of them that love God". The promise of those who worship God ("God IS Love") is eternal life. Eternity is a long time, and one life is as one day. We put in our hard work, and we need our rest. The 'rest' is seeing first-hand that which we choose to believe. Jeff sees this and knows that the burdens which challenged him in this life, indeed made him a better person for the future. And you and your wife's tears will further cement your love toward the future. And given where this World is moving, it may be a blessing for the Good Lord to call your Jeff home.

Pain shapes us in ways that happiness cannot. Albeit the purpose of pain is to gain the happiness found in love; just on a much larger scale. "I come that ye may have life, and life more abundantly...".

Prayers that the Holy Spirit comfort you and yours, Ph.