Condolence: My sincere condolences to the family of Joshua Austin Dotson – I am very sorry to hear of the loss of your beautiful child. This loss of Joshua hurts us all. We are promised in the Bible that there will be a time in which the pain that we now experience with this loss "will not be called to mind" (Isaiah 65:17). It was not God’s purpose that mankind suffer and die (Romans 5:12) and God has promised that a time will come when no one will say “I am sick” (Isaiah 33:24) We are promised that we will not forever look forward to the prospect of pain and death (Revelation 21:4). We have the hope of being with our loved ones when they have been resurrected (John 5:28, 29) and look forward life in Paradise conditions. I hope that you are comforted by Bible promises of a hopeful future (John 17:3).