When the famous agnostic Robert Ingersoll died, the printed funeral program left this solemn instruction, "There will be no singing."

Few feel like singing in the face of death. Running, perhaps. Crying, probably. But singing? Not at death. Death steals our reason to sing. Death takes the songs from our lips and leaves in their place stilled tongues and tear-flooded cheeks. (1)

However, this attitude about death is so different from the one described in the pages of Holy Scripture. In Psalms 116:15, it declares, "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His Saints." Also in I Corinthians 2:9, it declares, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him." As writer Max Lucado shares, "God has been known to plan a celebration …