“Death is not our friend. Death is the enemy (1 Cor 15:26). 

This fact is often forgotten in many Christian circles, especially when funerary sentimentality gets in the way of sound doctrine—when statements abound like ‘Don’t cry for him; he’s more alive than ever’ or ‘She’s finally been made fully whole’ or ‘That body isn’t him, he’s in heaven.’” - Dr. Micheal Svigel, Fathers on the Future, p.275