Dear Christeson Family,
I would like to express our deepest sympathy for your loss. Losing a loved one in death is one of the most painful experiences imaginable and is increased when it's our child. My wife and I have never experienced the pain of losing a child but a number of our friends have. They have been comforted by knowing that God was not the cause of their loss nor was He testing them. However, God does promise to resurrect our dead loved ones very soon. Acts 24:15 says, "...there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous". What a happy time that will be when Brent and countless others are released from the enemy, death (as the Bible refers to it) (1 Corinthians 15:26).
In the meantime, I hope you can gain a measure of relief by knowing that when we are at our most discouraged state God takes special note. Psalms 34:18 reads, "Jehovah is close to those brokenhearted; He saves those who are crushed in spirit".
Sincerely,
Rocco Palese