Esi's Hope

Esi stood beside her mom and trembled with tears. It was the hardest day of her life. Eric was her brother, but he had also been her best friend. Why did he have to die? Would she really never see him again?

"Eric, Eric, Eric," was all she could cry into her mother's red dress. Their red and black funeral clothes showed those passing by in the streets of Ghana, Africa, that they were grieving. Esi glanced at some people as they walked by, wondering if they could see the aching of their hearts.

Esi's mother pulled her closer, took a deep breath, and slowly released a sigh. "He is with Jesus," she said. Together they wept. Esi felt like she would never stop crying.

The pastor spoke about Jesus being the resurrection and the life. Esi flipped her Bible open to the book of John and followed along as the pastor read the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. There were words on the page she had not expected. "Your brother will rise again." She kept reading. "I am the resurrection