The Soul Shall Be Restored to the Body

Three years ago my husband’s brother lost his battle with cancer, leaving a huge hole in our hearts.

Watching my husband mourn his best friend, his hero, was painful to witness. My husband is so much of who he is because of his amazing big brother.

We will see him again. ❤️

We are taught about resurrection since we are in nursery! I have early memories of the good old glove analogy. It’s second nature to us.

However, when Christ’s apostles found the empty tomb, “they were much perplexed.” (Luke 24) Christ had told them what would happen, but it was such a new, out-of-this-world idea, they did not understand.

Even when Mary and other women told them he was risen, “their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.”

Peter went to the sepulcher and “wondered in himself” at what happened.

And then when Christ himself showed up, “their eyes were holden that they should not know him.”

They proceeded to hang out with him, abided with him, and still... didn’t know who he was. I’m like, hello!! He is risen!! What is there not to get?!

It was only when He blessed bread and brake it, “their eyes were opened, and they knew him.” And they asked each other, “Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us?” Yes!!! Of course! It is Him!

Even then, they were scared, like they’d just seen a spirit. AND THEN... they felt the nail prints in his hands and feet, his body of flesh and bone, and watched him eat... THEN the meaning of “resurrection” became REAL to them.

Unlike the apostles, WE have heard the story many times. Knowing we will see loved ones again is just a part of our beliefs. I’m so grateful! The impossible is possible!

But when you lose someone, that belief is put to the test.

It’s only through peace in Christ that my husband could get through his brother’s death, and be ok. It makes me cry thinking of their reunion one day. It’ll be epic.

“The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea, and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair of the head shall not be lost; but all things shall be restored to their proper and perfect frame.” Alma 40:23