Death is not death if you know the Lord. It is merely a change of place, a change of state, and a transferal from one realm of existence into another.
Death is not death, if it kills no part of us, except that which
hindered us from perfect life.
Death is not death, if it raises us in a moment from darkness
into light, from weakness into strength, from sinfulness into
holiness.
Death is not death, if it perfects our faith by sight, and lets
us behold Him in whom we have believed.
Death is not death, if it rids us of doubt and fear, of sickness
and disease, of sorrow and sadness.
Death is not death, if it gives us to those whom we have loved
and lost, for whom we have lived, for whom we long to live again.
Death is not death; for Christ has conquered death, for Himself,
and for those who trust in Him.