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"I’ve heard it plenty but never straight from the Word."

I assume melsec is thinking of this verse,as do I when I contemplate remembering the lost forever.

Rev 21:4 "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away"

We're either incapable of emotion (which would also preclude joy),or we do remember and simply don't care (hard to reconcile),or we no longer remember.

"For both my boys I wonder at times where their heads are and if they even believe any more."

I wonder the same thing myself sometimes,especially when I look in the mirror.God knows His ~~grandchildren~~ children and nothing is immpossible with Him.You've trained them in the way they should go and in the end we have to trust that He will get them.I know your two as you know mine and when the god of this world pushes them to the point where they will have to hate and fear us they will turn around and kick him in the nuts.I believe this because we do not instill in them that "stench of death".They are not blind,they just have blurry vision right now.