The Main Idea: The Lord’s Covenant Certainty while Walking in the Valley of the Shadow

*The Big Question: How are we to mourn our dead?

*The Central Point: Bury your dead and raise your hope:

1.) Feel the Life (vv. 1-2) – (Application: God takes each life seriously… So should we.)

2.) Bury the Dead (vv. 3-16) – (Application: God takes each death seriously… So should we.)

3.) Live the Future (vv. 17-20) – (Application: God takes your life seriously… So should you.)