Dear Loving family of Samantha, I'm very sorry to read of the sad loss of your beloved Samantha, and although I don't know you, and I didn't know your dear Samantha; I hope that you will accept my deepest expression of sympathy to you and your family. I hope to be able to share some comfort with you with these verses. We have the loving promise "that there is going to be a resurrection." - Acts 24:15 God is a "God of love" (1 John 4:8) and so he doesn't cause sad things to happen to loved ones. James 1:13 helps us to understand that. There is reads, “When under trial, let no one say: “I am being tried by God.” For with evil things God cannot be tried nor does he himself try anyone.” Many tragic loss' are due to what the Bible calls, "time and unexpected events (Or “unforeseen occurrence) overtake them all.." - Ecclesiastes 9:11b Isaiah 65:17b tells us that "the former things will not be called to mind, nor will they come up into the heart.” - Thus the heartbreak that we experience now, won’t even be remembered after Jehovah God resurrects our loved ones; thereby undoing the sad effects of death and the pain being separated from them brings. Revelation 21:4 promises, "And (God) will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” - Then no more pain or death and so no sadness then! And no sickness of any kind as Isaiah 33:24 promises, “no resident will say: ‘I am sick.’” Psalms 37:10, 11, 29 tell about the peaceful and beautiful conditions that many loved ones will be resurrected to experience here on the earth, "Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more; You will look at where they were, And they will not be there. But the meek will possess the earth, and they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace. The righteous will possess the earth, and they will live forever on it." Jesus gave us hope of a time when all suffering will end. He taught his followers to pray: “ “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. (Or “be held sacred; be treated as holy.”) Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth." - Matthew 6:9, 10 - When God’s Kingdom comes, there will be no more suffering or death on the earth, just as there is no suffering or death in heaven! Take care, and I hope that happy memories you have are helping you, perhaps by looking at pictures, and I hope these and other verses help too. Romans 15:4 tells us, "For all the things that were written beforehand were written for our instruction, so that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope." To read the comforting small tract, "Can the dead really live again?" - Please go to www.jw.org and click on 'publications' found near the top of the page; then please look to the left and click on 'books and brochures' then look to the right and click on page 2 and the tract is found in row 2. Sincerely Yours, Cindy Boyer