Psalms 116:15

Psalms 116:15. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

It is very painful for us to witness, but it is precious to God. We think that they have ended their usefulness when they reach that point, but God estimates their very death to be precious. Tread very softly when you go to the bedside of a departing saint; you may brush against an angel’s wing, for the room is full of them, the place whereon thou standest is holy ground; troops of angelic messengers are there to do their master’s bidding in the last hours of his child, which are about to become his first hours in glory. Besides, the Master himself is there; he is never absent when his children are dying: "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."