I read this statement in a magazine article today, and it echoes some of what I often say at funerals. In fact, the last sentence is virtually identical to what I have said many times:
Death is ugly, and we cannot — indeed, should not — try to make it palatable or explain it away with pious platitudes. Death is a cruel, brutal, and fearsome trespasser into this world. It is an intruder and thief.…
We were created for life, not death.
Yet, death is the means by which men can move from this life to eternal and lasting joy with Christ and because of Christ’s cross-work, the enemy death stands vanquished and only able to sting and not destroy us.
Words of Grace 