Jim Daly

Daly Focus Blog

FOTF logo
  • Home
  • Family & Home
  • Current Events
  • Focus News
  • About

Life at a Funeral

A friend of mine is an atheist. He says he doesn’t believe in God because he can’t see Him. I say he sees God more than he thinks he does. The evidence is all around us. We just need the eyes to see.

Let me give you a simple, yet profound, example. When my friend’s mother died, he remembers standing alone beside her casket and talking to her – just simple things, like how nice her hair looked and how deeply he loved her. Most of us can appreciate the sweetness of that moment: a son telling his mother goodbye. The question is why would an atheist grieve when someone dies?

Follow the logic: For atheists, the material universe is all there is. There is no spiritual dimension. No life after death. No greater meaning. Humans are nothing but biological machines. Love and grief don’t exist. They’re merely the result of chemicals in our brains that makes us feel like something profound is happening when it’s actually not.

Strictly speaking, from that point of view, the only reason my friend mourned was because a chemical factory had shut down. That’s all.

But deep in our souls we know that’s not all. A relationship doesn’t connect us to a biological machine, but a person. Our spiritual side can’t be seen or touched, but it can be experienced. Human life is biological, but it transcends biology. We are spiritual beings as well who carry on even after the biological machine stops running. And someday, if our spirits are alive in Jesus, we will be bodily resurrected as He was.

For more information about what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you may be interested in a free online booklet we’ve written called, “Coming Home: An Invitation to Join God’s Family.”

Sign up for the weekly e-newsletter

Topics: Family and Home Tags: faith September 14, 2023 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

Related Posts

  • Encouraging Moms to Laugh
  • Practical Ideas for Loving Your Wife
  • Mom Used to Tell Me

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Jim-Daly President of Focus on the Family
Jim Daly
with Paul Batura

Listen to Jim’s
New Podcast

ReFocus with Jim Daly

Newsletter Sign Up

Posts by Jim

Finding God’s Peace by Understanding Psalm 23

Where is God in Our Suffering?

Making Prayer a Priority in Your Marriage

Topics

  • Current Events
  • Family and Home
  • Focus Events
  • Uncategorized

Daly Focus

Jim-Daly Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.

Jim Daly Blog

Home
About
Posting Guidelines
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
FAQs

© 2025 Focus on the Family

Connect with Me

Facebook
X
YouTube